David is Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
As the only Conservative MP in Scotland (not the only Conservative as I am sometimes introduced!), I would require to be multifunctional whether or not I was Shadow Secretary of State! David Cameron reinstated the role to the Shadow Cabinet to ensure that the Scottish perspective was part of its deliberations and I hope that I achieve that.
Obviously there are distinctly Scottish interests which need to be taken into account on reserved matters such as the taxation of the oil industry as well as the staple Scottish issues which include the Barnett formula (we have no plans to change it) or the West Lothian Question (which is currently being looked at by Ken Clarke’s Democracy Task Force), but there is also a need to have an awareness of the devolution settlement and its impact on decision making for the rest of the UK.
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