SNP MSP Michael Matheson faces suspension from Scottish parliament over £11,000 iPad bill

MSP Michael Matheson is to be suspended from Holyrood for 27 sitting days and lose his salary for 54 days over his £11,000 iPad data roaming bill. Mr Matheson was sanctioned by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee on Thursday. The decision will now go before MSPs for approval. It comes after the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body concluded in March that he had breached the MSP code of conduct.

His roaming charges for the iPad - not phone calls - totalled nearly £11,000 and were initially paid for by taxpayers after Mr Matheson claimed he racked up the eye-watering invoice undertaking constituency work during the trip. Mr Matheson - who as Scotland's cabinet secretary for NHS recovery, health and social care had an annual salary of £118,511 - later agreed to pay the money back to the Scottish parliament.

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