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Angela Constance is "credible and competent" despite misrepresenting the views of a grooming gangs expert, Kate Forbes has insisted. ‌

John Swinney has so far ignored calls to dismiss the SNP Justice Secretary after she "brazenly misrepresented" Professor Alexis Jay, a leading academic. ‌

Labour and the Conservatives have both submitted a motion of no confidence in Constance after the SNP Government was forced to publish letters on the matter which revealed Jay's unhappiness with the minister. ‌

But the motion is unlikely to pass after the Scottish Greens announced last night they would not support it.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes today defended the Justice Secretary, who has overseen the early release of hundreds of criminals from jail.

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