Jackie Baillie: “This is about, as far as the Government and the SNP are concerned, sweeping things under the carpet, nothing to see…”

Public confidence in our institutions relies on full transparency, and that is why I would urge them to fully explain what steps they now intend to take.

People across the country will wonder why Peter Murrell was able to qualify for legal aid in the first place, given his healthy salary as the SNP’s chief executive for so many years.

Too often the SNP operates under a cloak of secrecy.

Public trust has been badly damaged by the SNP embezzlement scandal, which has not been helped by John Swinney refusing to answer important questions about how it ever took place.