Committee hears bedroom tax tenant evidence An ex-fireman who developed Parkinson's disease was told to get "an inflatable bed" for his children to sleep on as he faces losing his home because of the bedroom tax. Scott Wilson, 46, told MSPs he was left "speechless" at the suggestion by housing officials and pledged to fight pressure to quit his Lanarkshire home. "I was stung by the lack of sympathy and understanding for people in my position," he told MSPs at Holyrood's today. He was among three people hit by the impact of controversial changes to the benefits system who appeared before the Scottish Parliament's welfare reform committee this morning. Mr Wilson was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease five years ago which forced him to give up his gardening businesses and a decade of service as a reserve firefighter. He said claiming benefits was the "last thing he wanted." He underwent brain surgery to control tremors and told MSPs that stress makes his symptoms worse and his condition has played a role in him splitting with his partner of 20 years. They now share the parenting of their daughter, 17, and a ten-year-old disabled son. But the ex-firefighter said he was "shocked" when housing officials told him his housing benefit would be cut to the equivalent of a one-bedroom home and he would have to make up the rest to pay for two bedrooms. The alternatives were to be re-homed in a one-bedroom flat which may be miles away or even to "house share" his home with a stranger. "I asked how I could have my daughter - and expected grandchild - or my disabled son could come and stay with me if I move to a one-bedroom flat," Mr Wilson told MSPs today. I was asked where they were expected to sleep and was told `Have you ever heard of inflatable beds?. This took my breath away. I was literally speechless that the love and support of my children and their need to spend quality time with their father could be so casually dismissed.