§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, further to the reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West, Official Report, 22 March c. 365, whether he expects publication of the research study into the processing of sexual assaults to be delayed; and for what reason or reasons.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe research study into the processing of cases of sexual assault is being prepared for printing and publication. I cannot yet say how long that will take, but there will be no avoidable delay.