- Steven Bonnar claimed £45 on his bills to ship a floral tribute to a service
A Scottish nationalist MP has been branded ‘crass and disrespectful’ after he billed taxpayers for a memorial wreath.
Steven Bonnar claimed £45 on his bills to ship a floral tribute to a service in his Coatbridge constituency east of Glasgow.
He was reimbursed by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in June, with the merchandise filed below workplace allowances as ‘wreath for a constituency memorial service’.
After recognizing it within the newest printed bills knowledge, his party stated it should not have been claimed. An SNP spokesman stated it was an ‘error’ and that Mr Bonnar will repay it ‘on the earliest alternative’.
Last night time, Scottish Conservative deputy chief Meghan Gallacher described it as a ‘crass and disrespectful declare’, including: ‘The public will likely be appalled that he felt it acceptable to invoice the taxpayer for a wreath.’
The knowledge additionally revealed a Tory whip tried to assert for analysis he commissioned into the 20 MPs he himself was accountable for.
Adam Holloway, who served within the whips’ workplace below Liz Truss, put in a £120 invoice final December, which was rejected.