Jackie Baillie: “You can hold both positions at the same, but in order to serve in Government he is required to enter the House of Lords.”

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.

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

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.