An SNP MP tried to claim for clothes on parliamentary expenses after his luggage was lost.

Phil Boswell filed the claims, totalling £136.95, one week after his election to the House of Commons.

The latest expenses report released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) shows that Boswell purchased a £59 shirt on May 12 and tried to charge the taxpayer for it, citing it as "miscellaneous" and adding that the purchase was made "after [his] luggage [was] lost".

On May 13, Boswell spent a further £48 on clothing in Next and £29.95 in TM Lewin.

The Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill MP is currently under a separate investigation over spending on office costs and for allegedly failing to register financial interests.

The expenses watchdog refused to reimburse the claims as they were not permitted under the rules.

An Ipsa spokesperson said: “MPs have the right to be reimbursed for unavoidable costs where they are incurred wholly, exclusively, and necessarily in the performance of their parliamentary functions, but not otherwise.”

Boswell's attempt to claim the cost of clothing on the taxpayers' expense was met with criticism from opposition parties.

A Scottish Labour spokesman said: "Any time Phil Boswell is in the headlines you can bet your shirt it'll be for the wrong reasons.”

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw said: “We know the SNP has already lost its principles at Westminster only to find its MPs are now losing their clothes. However, with a number of SNP politicians already facing investigations, their vetting procedure has been exposed as shambolic and inadequate.”

A spokesperson for the SNP declined to comment.