SCOTLAND’S top law officer suggesting using sweeping terrorism-related legislation to cope with the pandemic, the Scottish Government has inadvertently revealed. Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC told SNP ministers the UK Civil Contingencies Act could be invoked to close pubs, clubs and cafes after the police warned they lacked the powers to do so north of the border. Mr Wolffe said the Scottish Government would have to ask the UK Government to use the law, which was created after the terror attacks on the US on September 11, 2001. According to official minutes, Nicola Sturgeon did not discount the idea when it was floated on March 20 last year, but said the UK Government was “hesitant” about the law.