Jackie Baillie: “These shocking figures show maternity and neonatal services in Glasgow are under a dangerous amount of pressure.”

Questions are piling up about the circumstances surrounding Peter Murrell’s crime spree and with public money potentially misused, John Swinney’s ‘nothing to see here’ act is becoming increasingly untenable.

The Greens amendment that they moved is literally a smokescreen and a place, if you like, that affords cover for the SNP.

The internal workings of the SNP should be considered by them and should be considered by the Electoral Commission, but the reality is there are questions in relation to the length and cost of the police investigation.

They have so far dug their heels in on the issue of an inquiry, but they still have a final chance to do the right thing, back the motion and allow the Scottish Parliament to hold an inquiry.