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Jamie Hepburn has quit the Scottish Government after he was accused of "aggressively grabbing" a Tory MSP in the Holyrood chamber in a row over seagulls . ‌

The Cumbernauld MSP wrote to John Swinney to offer his resignation today just hours after he was made subject of an official complaint from Douglas Ross . ‌

Hepburn, who was minister for parliamentary business, has decided to walk away from his Government role instead of facing an investigation into whether he had breached the ministerial code. ‌

In a letter to the First Minister, he admitted "my interaction with Douglas Ross fell well short" of his own "personal code of practice".

Hepburn's letter said: "Over the course of yesterday evening and today I have been reflecting on the incident that has b

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