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

This woeful uptake shows there is a gap between rhetoric and delivery when it comes to women’s health.

Too often the SNP operates under a cloak of secrecy.

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.

Behind these heartbreaking figures are lives cut short, families left grieving and communities suffering.