is david mundell the cabinet's man in scotland or scotland's man in the cabinet?to be fairness and there certainly isn't with this deal put on the table today. but as arlene foster has been saying, the country needs a stable government and this is why they have done this deal. well, of course, everybody wants to see stability, but if you are affecting stability on the back of a cash investment like this are not on the basis of fairness, then you are riding roughshod over the rules that exist, the barnett formula is therefore a very clear reason, to make sure there is a fair system of allocation of funding throughout the united kingdom and the government cannot ignore the rules which have been in place since 1978 and in place for a very good reason. i think people in scotla nd very good reason. i think people in scotland and elsewhere are going to be outraged at the way this government has done this rather grubby and shabby deal. but there is nothing you can do about it, is there, in terms of whatever resources you think scotland should get in return? we will certa

leader of the snp at westminster at prime minister's questions, asking what the scottish secretary, david mundelle scottish secretary insisted scotland would see increased funding if the dup secured money for northern ireland as part of a confidence and supply deal saying, "i am not going to do a deal that could be structured as back door funding to northern ireland." did the prime minister receive any representation from a scottish secretary about the dup deal either before or after it was signed? of course, when we look at what has happened in terms of funding for the rest of the united kingdom, in the autumn statement last year my right honourable friend the chancellor that aside an infrastructure fund of £23 billion. we're putting more money into our nhs, more money into our schools and there is an impact on scotland as a result of that autumn statement. £800 million extra spending is going to scotland. as a result of the budget, £350 million extra going to scotland. back then you didn't see the honourable gentleman complaining about more money going to northern ireland. but of course he is a

happened and he made no representations to the prime minister and the first casualty of this could be david mundellnothing to stop this. it is over £2 billion for wales, it'll be £3 billion for wales, it'll be £3 billion for wales, it'll be £3 billion for scotland on the same terms and they can'tjust chuck money to buy loyalty for a couple of yea rs. money to buy loyalty for a couple of years. so the scottish secretary should go? yes, he has rolled over and had his tummy tickled as tories a lwa ys and had his tummy tickled as tories always do and i think he is on a very shaky peg indeed. in terms of the vote and nights lives, it is expected that the government will win, how much time has theresa may got you think before she has real problem said? i think that is the question everybody in the country is asking, that will last within her own party. we are certainly seeing a situation where effectively she is a hollow prime minister and the vagaries of other voices coming very strongly. do you have any sympathy with her in that the country wants brexit to be sorted and done? none at all not least beca

the scottish secretary david mundell was asked about whether this could mean a push for a softer brexitthe single market and no trade barriers. so i think we can expect those kind of things to come up in conversations between ruth davidson and theresa may this afternoon. and what about nicola sturgeon, calling for a cross—party approach to brexit? nicola sturgeon wants to use the opportunity to set up her position on brexit. she said she wa nts a position on brexit. she said she wants a short pause in negotiations to allow a cross four nation approach to be formulated. they say the election was a rejection of the conservative approach to brexit. this hard brexit. and instead we should look at access to the single market and staying within the customs union. that is something that we're going to hear again from nicola sturgeon this afternoon. but also the question for her is that of also the question for her is that of a second independence referendum. she has acknowledged that was a factor in the result for the snp, that disappointing result for them. she is promised a period of reflect