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And it explained that the justice secretary and the First Minister had concerns.

The representation that was made to you was more general—as in, “We have these concerns”—and was not a suggestion that you should act in a certain way.

Going back to the contact, was that conversation instigated by Government officials?

Was the call from the justice directorate?

Okay. Given the amount of time that we have, I do not want to—

Even though this was quite a high-profile and on-going High Court case, and people were aware of the issue, nobody had informed you.

How were the Government’s views made known to the Prison Service?

I am not entirely sure that we know how the Government communicated to the Prison Service its dissatisfaction with that prisoner being in the female estate. The partial review that we have in front of us does not explain that, so it is a perfectly reasonable question. Perhaps the Prison Service could tell us how the Government made its views known.

What is your latest estimate of when the report might be published?

Is it likely to be published this year?