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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ross Hunter

Tories should 'take a look in the mirror' before calling for more oversight of Scotland, say SNP

Liz Truss has said she will change the Scotland Act to give parliamentary privilege to MSPs. Picture: Peter Byrne

THE SNP have called on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to “take a look in the mirror” before calling for greater scrutiny of the Scottish Government after it was revealed that neither candidate has ever turned up to be questioned at the Scottish Parliament.

A Chancellor of the Exchequer has never appeared in Holyrood to be questioned on UK-wide policies, with Rishi Sunak failing to even reply to an invitation to appear before Holyrood’s Finance Committee.

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