Some MPs say the ex-leader should be suspended from the party after she was arrested and later released.
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf is facing calls to suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon from the Scottish National Party after her arrest on Sunday.
SNP MP Angus MacNeil joined opposition parties in calling for Ms Sturgeon to be suspended from the party - saying "this soap-opera has gone far enough".Scottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy said Mr Yousaf must "now show some leadership and suspend his predecessor from the SNP". She was released from custody at about 17:25 on the same day - well before the deadline expired and just over seven hours since her arrest.Media caption,The former first ministerShe said: "To find myself in the situation I did today when I am certain I have committed no offence is both a shock and deeply distressing.
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