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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 19 MIN

Episode 28: Ministers, Contempt Law and Scotland’s Trans Prisoner Row

from Unspun Live · host The Herald Politics Team

In this week’s episode of Unspun Live, Andrew Learmonth unpacks Holyrood's latest political and legal row.After the Scottish Government told Parliament it could not comment on its prison guidance court battle with For Women Scotland, opposition MSPs accused ministers of misleading the chamber about the limits of the law.To understand what the Contempt of Court Act, the Scottish Parliament’s sub judice rules, and the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act actually say, Andrew speaks to Edinburgh Law School’s Scott Wortley.

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