Michael Matheson says Parliament investigated £11,000 roaming bill in January
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland’s Health Secretary has said parliamentary authorities have already looked at the data from the iPad on which he built up an almost £11,000 bill while on holiday, after facing calls to hand it over.
Speaking to reporters at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital on Tuesday, Michael Matheson faced further questions over the £10,935.74 bill from a visit to Morocco around Christmas last year.
On Friday, Matheson said he would pay back the money, but the Scottish Conservatives have called for the Scottish Parliament’s IT department to examine the device so it can be verified that the bill relates “solely to parliamentary and constituency-related work”.
But Matheson insisted IT officials at the Scottish Parliament have already looked at the iPad and found there had been no personal use.
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