Rennie responds to Michael Matheson’s return to parliament

Responding to former Health Secretary Michael Matheson returning to the Scottish Parliament after serving a record ban for breaching parliament’s expenses policy, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:

“From the very start of this scandal, the SNP government repeatedly tried to twist the narrative and dodge consequences. It smacked of arrogance.

“John Swinney had plenty of opportunities to do the right thing. Instead, he undermined the findings of the Standards Committee and chose to back his friend.

“Scottish Liberal Democrats want there to be a right for people to recall their MSP in cases of proven misconduct. That’s how we can end the SNP’s culture of secrecy and fix our broken politics.”