The First Minister admitted the process for dealing with rule-breaking MSPs at Holyrood was not currently up to scratch.
John Swinney has signalled he would support plans to hand voters the ability to recall MSPs who break parliamentary rules.
Labour has pledged to introduce a Westminster-style recall petition at Holyrood which could see MSPs removed from office if a certain percentage of voters signed a petition against them. But the First Minister insisted he did not think the former health secretary should resign as an MSP. “I wouldn’t be the person I am if I just said ‘Ok, let’s have a flawed process. Let’s turn a blind eye. That’s not John Swinney and I’m not going to start doing that now.”
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