Jackie Baillie: “The purpose of this review must be to improve maternity care in Scotland – but we cannot do that without an unflinching…”

However, it should not take lengthy legal disputes to get answers from the SNP government.

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.

We need to see an end to the culture of cover-up that the SNP has created and a renewed commitment to openness and integrity in government.

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.