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Hamish Morrison

Westminster committee defers SNP embezzlement probe decision

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A WESTMINSTER committee has deferred a potential probe into the SNP embezzlement case.

The Scottish Affairs Committee – which is tasked with scrutinising the "the expenditure, administration and policies of the Scotland Office, and its associated bodies" – said on Wednesday that Holyrood was the “most appropriate place” for an inquiry into Peter Murrell’s £400,000 fraud against the party.

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