To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish details of the justification for the report in the Sunday Herald on 5 October 2003 of a statement made by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service that the quality check process for all Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) evidence by independent experts has shown that evidence provided by SCRO was of the highest quality. Following Her Majesty’sChief Inspector of Constabulary’s review of the Scottish Criminal Record Officein 2000, the Lord Advocate instructed Procurators Fiscal to obtain independentverification of fingerprint evidence from the Scottish Criminal Record Office.In the 11 months to 14 May 2001, a total of 1,781 cases were examined and theidentification of 5,553 marks containing 8,350 impressions were verified byindependent fingerprint evidence.