Where there's smoke there's ...pyro

Justice Minister Angela Constance says growing concern about pyrotechnics at football matches was why she took family member on a chauffeur-driven trip to the cup final

- PAUL HUTCHEON

JUSTICE Secretary Angela Constance has dodged questions on why a family member enjoyed a ride in a government car to Sunday's Old Firm League Cup Final.

She claimed it is not "uncommon" for ministers to be accompanied by relatives at events, despite a clampdown on family using taxpayerfunded limos.

As revealed by the Record, Constance attended Hampden as a guest of the Scottish Professional Football League. A chauffeur-driven government car took her and a close family member to the match.

But two days later, the government revised the ministerial ethics code by heavily restricting the use of the vehicles by family.