Wes Streeting challenges SNP leadership favourite for missing key gay marriage vote

‘Everyone knows Hamsa Yousaf was in the Scottish Parliament that day,’ says Streeting

A senior Labour MP launched an astonishing attack on SNP leadership favourite Hamsa Yousaf over claims that he skipped a crucial vote on gay marriage a decade ago.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who is openly gay, challenged Scotland’s Health Minister’s claim that he had been unable to attend the vote in 2014.

It was common knowledge that Mr Yousaf was in the Scottish Parliament that day, said Mr Streeting.