Scottish Conservative leader to face no action over undeclared earnings

Scottish Conservative leader Douglass Ross will not face disciplinary action over a failure to declare earnings while serving as an MP. 

Mr Ross reported himself in November for not recording his full MSP salary as well as earnings as a match official for the Scottish Football Association.

In total, Mr Ross’ undeclared earnings was £17,473.57.

The Standards Commissioner at Westminster has ruled there was no “deliberate attempt to mislead”. Mr Ross has apologised and “guaranteed” the mistake will not be repeated.

Following the judgement by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Mr Ross said he had “accepted full responsibility for getting this badly wrong”.

He said: “As soon as I realised this error, I provided the UK Parliament with all relevant details, and reported it myself to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards”.

“My MSP salary continues to be donated to charity and has been declared on time since November, as will any future payments received for football games”.