Young Tories spark Holyrood alert after smoking in toilets
A GROUP of young Tory students sparked a security breach at the Scottish Parliament – by smoking in the toilets.
The students were guests at a Burns Supper hosted by MSP Liz Smith for the Edinburgh University Conservative and Unionist Association, where the guest speaker was Lord Douglas Hurd.
However, the event was interrupted when officials were called in to investigate smells of tobacco smoke wafting through the building.
A Holyrood source was reported as saying: "There was a stand-off and the whole party was warned about the smoking ban. It was very embarrassing for people like Lord Hurd to be involved in something like this."
A Scottish Parliament spokesman confirmed that a warning was issued to party-goers over a suspected smoking breach.
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