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Black felt the SNP's poor result happened due to "in-fighting that was spilling out into the public domain".

Conservatives argue that other education department functions, such as administering loans, should be handled instead by the US Department of Treasury, and that civil rights infractions are the Department of Justice's domain.

“I’m used to it by now. My uterus is public domain. It’s just a running joke between us.”

Victims' groups and media outlets, including the BBC, had argued the dangers were overstated, given the early stage of the police investigation and the material already in the public domain.

A spokesman said: "All of this has been placed into the public domain at the first opportunity. Far from sweeping anything under the carpet, this demonstrates exactly the opposite."