The Health Secretary built up a £10,935.74 bill during his week-long visit to Morocco around Christmas last year.
Labour has urged Health Secretary Michael Matheson to “do the right thing” and pay a bill of almost £11,000 he racked up for data roaming charges while using a parliamentary iPad on holiday.
He has already told journalists that the bill was brought about by using “an outdated Sim card in an iPad that I had for constituency purposes”. But Labour called on him to pay for the “huge data bill” from his own pocket, rather than relying on the public purse. She added: “Mr Matheson was told repeatedly by the Parliament to replace his Sim. The responsibility for this lies with him.“Failure to do so will only further weaken public trust in this scandal-hit SNP government.”
Scottish politics The spokesperson added: “At the conclusion of the investigation senior officials accepted Mr Matheson’s assurances that all costs incurred were for parliamentary purposes.”
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