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An independent Scotland would have the largest deficit in the EU and it “would break member state rules”, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said.
Facing down SNP questions over the granting of a second independence referendum, Mr Jack told MPs the Conservatives “respect democracy”.
Speaking during Scotland questions in the Commons, SNP MP Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) claimed Brexit had been “bulldozed through”, asking: “If he’s so sure of the strength of the union, why he is so afraid to test that strength with another independence referendum?”
Mr Jack replied: “The referendum took place in 2014, we respect that, it was a democratic outcome… The referendum in 2016, again a democratic outcome. We’re the party that respect democracy.”