Scottish Labour’s shadow justice secretary lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament as pressure on Police Scotland continues to grow following the deaths of John Yuill and Lamara Bell.

Hundreds of mourners are today expected to attend the funerals of the tragic couple who were involved in a road crash that officers failed to attend until days later.

The accident was reported to police but they failed to respond until three days later by which time Mr Yuill was dead and his girlfriend was in a critical condition.

The accident was reported to police on Sunday, July 5 but it was not until a second call was made that police investigated.

Mr Yuill, 28, died at the scene while Ms Bell, 25, passed away in hospital on Sunday, July 12.

Chief constable House later admitted that the initial information received about the crash was not entered into the police systems.

The Scottish government thereafter announced a review of police call handling which will be carried out by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS).

However, that is not enough according to the Renfrewshire South MSP who said there had been a number of failings since the creation of Police Scotland.

House oversaw the amalgamation of Scotland’s eight regional police forces into a single national force.

But Scotland’s most senior police officer has been at the centre of controversy over his decision to put armed officers on routine patrols as well as the force’s stop and search policy.

Mr Henry said: “In the interests of restoring public trust in Police Scotland, the Chief Constable, Sir Stephen House, should resign with immediate effect.” He also called on the Scottish Government to publish, in full and as quickly as possible, the inquiry by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland into call handling at Police Scotland.

However, Scotland’s top cop said the changes brought by the creation of the single Police Scotland force were not to blame for the delay in responding to a fatal crash.

He also stated that he would not be resigning over the force’s handling of the tragedy and welcomes the investigations being carried out into the incident.

He said: “We’re in the middle of massive change in our call-handling. It’s been going on virtually since day one of Police Scotland and it’s still going on and it has some way to go.

“I remain confident and convinced the reform we’re pushing through is the right way to go and provides a more efficient and more professional service.

“We do work within a budget. Our budget has reduced for the past two years and we’re working to an ambitious savings target for this year” The chief constable confirmed earlier this year that he is likely to leave his post when his contract ends in September 2016.

“In anything like this I consider my position. I think you would be inhuman if you didn’t.

“You see what’s happened over the last week and think about that, and I certainly have.

“I believe the right thing to do is to stay to get through this process, to get through this tragic event and the series of events that followed it and to see what can be done to fix the situation.

“I don’t want anyone out there thinking I’m the type of person that says ‘I’ll never go, I’ll have to be forced out’.

“If I come to the conclusion that I should resign then I will resign. I don’t believe that’s the case at this moment in time.

“This organisation needs leadership, I’m providing that leadership.”