Overview
- A Scottish Government statement said the Independent Advisers have notified the First Minister that they wish to initiate a ministerial‑code investigation into Angela Constance.
- The probe concerns claims she misled MSPs by citing Professor Alexis Jay as opposing further inquiries when Jay’s comments related to England and Wales, not Scotland.
- Constance has since phoned Jay with a personal apology and said she will amend the official Holyrood record of her September remarks.
- John Swinney previously said he was content there was no breach of the ministerial code, and Constance last week survived a no‑confidence vote.
- The Press Association reports the advisers chose to launch the inquiry themselves, and the government says the advisers’ eventual advice will be published after the First Minister decides the case.