Michael Matheson refuses to admit he lied over £11,000 iPad bill

Asked directly if he had lied to the press, Mr Matheson stated: “I set out all the circumstances and explained the way in which I’d handled it in the course of my personal statement last week.”

The Health Secretary has come under fire over the data roaming charges this month, making an emotional statement to MSPs in which he revealed his teenage sons had racked up the costs by using the device to watch football while on a family holiday in Morocco.

But with journalists also raising concerns that Mr Matheson may have lied to the press about the matter, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said that a “significant number of questions remain wholly unanswered”.

Last Monday he blamed the high charges – which saw more than £7,000 worth of data used in one single day – on an outdated Sim card, insisting to the press that there had been no personal use.

However, he told Holyrood on Thursday that the bill was caused by his sons using the iPad as a hotspot so they could watch football while on holiday.

He said when he learned that had happened, he agreed to repay all the charges to the Scottish Parliament.

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