SNP MP Margaret Ferrier pleads guilth to breaking Covid rules

MP Margaret Ferrier has pleaded guilty to breaching Covid rules by travelling on a train between Scotland and London after being told to self-isolate.

The former SNP MP, 61, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again while suffering with Covid in September 2020.

She travelled to the House of Commons while waiting for the results of a coronavirus test – and then made the return journey after being informed she had the virus.

In a hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court today Ms Ferrier, an independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, admitted wilfully exposing people ‘to the risk of infection, illness and death’ by visiting various places in the Glasgow area and London having been told to self-isolate.

She had the SNP whip removed in 2020 after the allegations emerged and has come under pressure to resign from her seat, but remains an MP.

More to follow. 

Margaret Ferrier, 60, travelled from Glasgow to Westminster and back again in September 2020 while suffering with Covid