John Swinney said reports in the Sunday Mail, if accurate, would amount to a 'potential misuse of public funds.' The newspaper said advisers to Mr Ross raised concerns over 28 parliamentary travel claims which may have been combined with his work as a linesman.
According to the Sunday Mail, in November 2021 Mr Ross' aides raised concerns over a claim which included a 58 parking fee at Inverness Airport. It also stated 43 rail travel from Heathrow to central London was claimed the day after Mr Ross was a linesman in a match in Iceland.
Speaking in Paisley, Mr Swinney said: 'Douglas Ross is normally the first to be out of the stables demanding that everybody sets out all of the information, so I think Mr Ross should do that right away because the story raises very significant and serious issues of the potential misuse of public funds.'
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