Justice Secretary Angela Constance has insisted she “accurately quoted” Professor Alexis Jay during a Holyrood debate on grooming gangs, despite the government being forced to issue a correction over the child abuse expert’s position.

The minister rejected suggestions she had misled Parliament ahead of a key vote in September.

She also said she had “no objection” to releasing correspondence between her and Prof Jay.

Last week, The Herald revealed that officials had quietly published a correction admitting the minister’s comments, made during a debate on the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, were incorrect.

Scottish Tory justice spokesperson Liam Kerr had tabled an amendment to the legislation which would have required the new Victims Commissioner for Scotland t

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