THE Scottish Conservatives have accused Nicola Sturgeon of “twiddling her thumbs” after their analysis showed her Government has not introduced any legislation to Holyrood since the SNP won the Scottish election almost six months ago.
Ruth Davidson’s party accused the First Minister of focusing all her attention on a possible second independence referendum.
But the SNP insisted it is doing all it can to protect Scotland from a “damaging” Brexit.
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Tory research found that the SNP has not introduced a single bill for scrutiny by MSPs since the country went to the polls in May.
In the 2007-11 parliament, the SNP Government had introduced three bills by now, the Conservatives said.
Similarly, in the 2011-16 parliament, it had introduced four bills, it was claimed.
According to the Conservatives, the last time the administration introduced a new bill to Parliament was more than a year ago.
Scottish Conservative deputy chief whip Maurice Golden said: “We are now a tenth of the way through this session and we have still not had any legislation presented to Parliament.
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He added: “The First Minister is twiddling her thumbs and focusing all her attention on a referendum on independence that the majority don’t want.”
However,the SNP’s Holyrood Finance Secretary Derek MacKay said: “The Tories’ day job is to ignore Scotland’s democratic wishes and impose a disastrous Brexit against the wishes of the people of Scotland.
“The SNP is getting on with the job of standing up for Scotland.”
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