Humza Yousaf, Mairi McAllan, Susan Aitken and all MPs and SNP councillors attending New York and/or #COP28 must pay all their own expenses including flights, hotel accommodation, meals, drinks, all sundries and everything else relating to this trip from their own pocket. This money should not be taken from public purse in Scotland as this is tantamount to theft and there is absolutely nothing within your remit in Holyrood requiring you to go there. All foreign affairs are reserved to Westminster who represent Scotland at these events. This trip benefits not one person in Scotland and is outwith your powers. Every person attending is neglecting their brief while in attendance at this event and at a time when so many budgets have been severely cut leaving those sectors at crisis point. We the undersigned Scottish people object very strongly to this abuse of public finances and we expect accountability and transparency in seeing all the details of these COP28 expenses - to see that they have all been paid in full by each attendee from their own finances.