Holyrood bosses have been called on to investigate an £11,000 data roaming bill racked up by the Health Secretary.
Matheson will contribute £3,000 towards the bill from his expenses budget and has insisted the data use was for parliamentary business. He added: “As the Parliament have also said very clearly, the network provider didn't provide information around the cost that had been incurred as well.
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