A HOSTEL for men in Glasgow must be regulated to allow people with addiction problems to get help according to a Glasgow MSP.

John Mason made the call in the Scottish Parliament over the Bellgrove Hotel in Gallowgate on the same day it emerged a man was found dead in a room.

Police are trying to trace relatives of Ian Neilson, 69, who was found dead at the hostel on Thursday.

Mr Neilson previously resided in Thornliebank in East Renfrewshire, as well as the Oatlands and Anderson areas of the city.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.

"Anyone who has knowledge of Mr Neilson’s relatives is asked to contact police at London Road Police Office on 101."

Mr Mason asked the Scottish Government for an update on the future of the Bellgrove Hotel this week.

On Thursday Mr Mason had asked the housing minister Margaret Burgess if the hotel should be subject to greater regulation given the problems experienced by a majority of its clients.

He said the hostel “epitomises deprivation and squalor, in every sense, it is a modern day poorhouse.”

He asked Ms Burgess for more regulation to cover care needs instead of just a House in Multiple Occupation licence, the same as student flats.

Ms Burgess said. In the past we looked at whether the Bellgrove hotel should come under the Care Inspectorate’s remit, but the Care Inspectorate took the clear position that it should not.

The Bellgrove hotel is not typical homelessness accommodation. It is the only accommodation of its kind and it involves complex issues that cannot be solved by more regulation.”