DAVID Davis has suggested he received no representations from Scottish Conservatives over a key change to Brexit legislation.
The Brexit Secretary was asked to detail contact between himself and the Scottish Tories regarding an amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill which resulted in the first Commons defeat for Theresa May's Government.
Eleven Tory MPs voted in favour of the amendment to guarantee Parliament a "meaningful" vote on any Brexit deal, although none of the new 12 backbench Scottish Tories was among them.
Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire) tweeted shortly before the vote that a last-minute concession to guarantee a meaningful ballot on the Bill persuaded him to abstain.
Speaking in the Commons, Labour's Danielle Rowley (Midlothian) said: "Last night the Government suffered an embarrassing defeat but not one Scottish Conservative passed through the aye lobby and voted for the amendment.
"Can the Secretary of State tell me what representations he's had from the Scottish Conservatives on the amendment and votes this week?"
Mr Davis replied: "I'm going to have to be very careful because things don't always come immediately to the Secretary of State when they arrive at the department, but as far as I'm aware - none."
SNP Commons leader Pete Wishart, speaking during business questions, later said: "The feeling in Scotland is we've been sold a Tory pup.
"The Scottish Conservative MPs vote to come down here to be a distinctive Scottish voice, always acting in the Scottish interest.
"They were Ruth's Tories, proudly and defiantly taking on the Scottish Government, but what have we found in six months?
"They've been nothing other than Tory lobby fodder for this Government, right down to their whip-distributed cotton socks.
"Scotland is demanding its money back and if we can't get our money back, can we at least have the honourable gentlemen replaced by real champions of Scotland?"
A source close to David Davis said: "Since this Bill was introduced DD has spent a great deal of time addressing the views our Scottish Conservative colleagues have given him on elements of the Bill from devolution to statutory instruments."
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