Jackie Baillie: “However, it should not take lengthy legal disputes to get answers from the SNP government.”

Scotland’s legal aid system is under enormous pressure and too many people struggle to access support – so it is astonishing that Peter Murrell was able to have all his legal costs paid for by the taxpayer.

Freedom of information laws provide much-needed accountability in that context and the FOI commissioner has been a powerful champion for transparency in public life.

This will allow us to continue to build on the hard work of recent years and take Scottish Labour forward, ready to hold the SNP to account and confront the poisonous politics of Reform in Scotland.

The SNP must act with urgency to improve maternity and neonatal care in Glasgow and across Scotland.