Angela Constance held this role from 21 November 2014 to 18 May 2016. She has also served as Scottish National Party MSP for Livingston (03 May 2007 to 22 Mar 2011) and MSP for Almond Valley (05 May 2011 to present).
Two men in their sixties, believed to be ex-staff members, have been charged as a result of a police investigation relating to the exclusive Merchiston Castle school in Edinburgh. Based in Colinton in the south west of the city, Merchiston Castle is Scotland’s only all-boys independent boarding school.
“This Parliament must always be on the side of victims of abuse. We must have the truth of what happened to them and how the organisations and individuals into whose care the children were entrusted failed them so catastrophically. We will get to that truth, and we will establish a national public inquiry into historical abuse of children in institutional care.”—Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning
