Background: Matheson faces 27-day suspension over iPad scandalpublished at 12:09 23 May
Angus Cochrane
BBC Scotland News
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Michael Matheson resigned as health secretary in February
Holyrood's standards committee has recommended that Scotland's former health secretary Michael Matheson be suspended from parliament for 27 sitting days after an £11,000 bill was racked up on his work iPad.
Holyrood's standards committee also recommended the SNP MSP should not be paid his salary for 54 days.
The proposals will now be voted on by parliament.
The iPad charges, which were initially paid out of the public purse, were incurred during a family trip to Morocco in late 2022.