Scottish Liberal Democrats will vote to remove Justice Secretary

Responding to the tabling of votes of no confidence in Justice Secretary Angela Constance, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP commented:

"We don't have confidence in Angela Constance to continue as Justice Secretary.

"Sometimes in politics people get things wrong, but the decent thing to do is be upfront when that happens.

"After misrepresenting a respected expert, Angela Constance should have apologised to Professor Alexis Jay and been straight with Parliament. She didn't, so this is a mess of her own creation.

"The justice system is going through some of its biggest changes for generations. Victims of crime, the police and prison staff deserve better than to have the future of the Justice Secretary distracting from this work."