Neil Gray, whose portfolio includes sport, has been under fire this week after it emerged he had been chauffeured to six football matches at Hampden since becoming a minister.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said criticism of Scotland's Health Secretary over using a ministerial car to attend football games was "not a scandal".
"I think when it comes to how ministers partake in their duties, we need to be serious about the fact that our sports minister going to sporting events is not a scandal," he said on the BBC's Sunday Show. "He's doing his job and he's doing his job to the best of his ability. He added: "Neil is a huge sports fan, I think it's right that he, as sports minister, goes to sporting matches, I'm struggling to see what the scandal is."
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