The suspension was approved after Mr Ewing voted with the opposition at Holyrood in a vote of no confidence against Scottish Green co-leader and government minister Lorna Slater.
Suspending rebel SNP MSP Fergus Ewing from the party's parliamentary group at Holyrood for a week is proportionate, a senior member of the Scottish government has said.
Net zero secretary Mairi McAllan backed the proposed seven-day suspension of the former rural affairs secretary, who has been a vocal critic ofThe suspension - which Mr Ewing has two weeks to appeal against - was approved after he voted with the opposition at Holyrood in a vote of no confidence against Scottish Green co-leader and government minister Lorna Slater amid the controversy surrounding theMr Ewing has also spoken out against the Scottish government on issues such as the new licensing...
He has also traded barbs with the Scottish Greens in recent months, describing the party as"wine bar revolutionaries" and"hard-left extremists", as well as calling the atmosphere within theThe Inverness and Nairn MSP - son of the late SNP trailblazer Winnie Ewing - said:"The SNP is not an ordinary party - we are a party that has always put"But in good conscience, and it grieves me to say this, I don't believe that is any longer the case.
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