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Constance's grooming gang comments probed for code breach

Justice secretary Angela Constance is to be investigated over whether she breached the ministerial code by allegedly misrepresenting the position of grooming gangs expert Prof Alexis Jay. Constance had told parliament that Prof Jay opposed further child sexual abuse inquiries, though the academic later clarified her remarks referred only to England and Wales. The investigation, initiated independently by the Scottish government's advisers, follows a no-confidence vote at Holyrood which Constance survived, and comes amid criticism from opposition parties questioning both her conduct and First Minister John Swinney's handling of the matter.

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