Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak promise greater scrutiny of SNP as rivals prepare for Perth

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The two Tory leadership contenders have both promised greater scrutiny of Scottish Government if they become the next prime minister.Liz Truss claimed she would get "Scotland’s economy moving" and vowed to give MSPs special legal protection so they could they scrutinise decisions made by the devolved government.Rishi Sunak meanwhile promised that Scottish civil servants would face greater scrutiny from Westminster, while UK ministers will be required to be more visible north of the border.Truss said: “Having grown up in Paisley, I consider myself to be a child of the Union.

When I say I’ll deliver for our country, I mean all of it.“I will never let anyone talk down Scotland’s potential. As a nation we are stronger together and the UK needs Scotland as much as Scotland needs the UK.“For too long, people in Scotland have been let down by the SNP focusing on constitutional division instead of their priorities.

That won’t happen under my watch.”She added: “I’ll make sure that my government does everything to ensure elected representatives hold the devolved administration to account for its failure to deliver the quality public services, particularly health and education, that Scottish people deserve.“As prime minister and minister for the Union, I will deliver on my ambitious plan to capitalise on the opportunity we have to turbocharge the growth and business investment required to get Scotland’s economy moving.”Truss’s campaign has said she would push for a trade deal with India if made prime minister, with the aim of slashing a longstanding 150% tariff on whisky exports.She would change the Scotland Act to give parliamentary privilege to MSPs, in order to create more “robust questioning” of ministers and increase the