Michael Matheson has insisted he will remain an MSP despite Holyrood voting to impose tough sanctions on him after he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000 on his Parliament-issued iPad.MSPs voted by 64 to zero to impose the punishment, which will see Mr Matheson suspended from Holyrood for 27 days and lose his MSP salary for twice that period, but the 63 SNP MSPs abstained.

Michael Matheson has insisted he will remain an MSP despite Holyrood voting to impose tough sanctions on him after he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000 on his Parliament-issued iPad.MSPs voted by 64 to zero to impose the punishment, which will see Mr Matheson suspended from Holyrood for 27 days and lose his MSP salary for twice that period, but the 63 SNP MSPs abstained.