Chamber and committees

Good morning, Lord Advocate. Would a specialist court eliminate the need for floating trial diets, which cause a lot of distress to victims?

Would the evidence related to rape myths be taken into account, and would that be part of the consideration for having jury trials?

You say that the pilot would be time limited. Do you have any indication of what timescale that would be?

Good morning, Lady Dorrian. In your report, you say that the review group was divided on rape trial pilots.

Thank you—that is helpful.

Do you have an estimated timescale for when it might come into force?

I want to ask about your approach to tackling violence against women and girls. We have heard from witnesses and victims about poor communication between women and girls and police officers. What is your strategy for dealing with that? Do you think that your trauma-informed training is adequate? What do you plan to do with that?

Thank you.

My question is on a different subject. Is that okay?

Before you do so, may I ask you another question? I am aware of those campaigns, which are very powerful. Could you clarify whether the upskilling and training of specialist officers are happening now?