Michael Matheson banned from Parliament for 27 days after data roaming scandal

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Michael Matheson banned from Parliament for 27 days after data roaming scandal
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Matheson is under huge pressure to quit Holyrood as John Swinney faces questions over his handling of the row.

Disgraced SNP MSP Michael Matheson has been banned from Holyrood and had his salary suspended over the £11,000 data roaming scandal.

MSPs voted to approve a 27 day suspension from the parliament and imposed a 54 day block on his salary, hitting him in the pocket by around £11,000.An SNP amendment expressing concern about the fairness of the Holyrood Standards committee probe was also carried, but it did not affect the sanction.He resigned as Health Secretary over a near £11,000 data roaming bill incurred on a family holiday to Mexico.

But he later admitted his children had used the device to watch football and he was accused of lying to the press.

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