Nicola Sturgeon insisted the way out of lockdown should not be rushed as Boris Johnson signalled lifting some restrictions as soon as Monday next week.
Scotland’s First Minister continued to urge caution today, saying the whole of the UK should go at the pace of the slowest.
But at the same time in Westminster, the Prime Minister said he wants to reveal plans on television this Sunday, with changes coming in the following day.
It means Johnson will bypass MPs who won’t be able to scrutinise the plans in parliament.
The Prime Minister said: “The reason for that is very simple, that we have to be sure the the data is going to support our ability to do this.
"That data is coming in continuously over the next few days. We want if we possibly can to get going with some of these measures on Monday."
The UK and Scottish governments have been broadly aligned on lockdown measures.
But there is tension with Tories calling on Sturgeon to go faster on areas such as construction sites, which are being phased back to work in England.
Sturgeon, speaking at Holyrood today, said: “No-one needs to convince me about clarity and simplicity. I want as much consistency of messaging as possible and have worked very hard to achieve that.
"A four-nations approach to be meaningful has to be one which all four nations have been involved in formulating and one which takes account of the evidence in each part of the UK, not just some parts. That’s the way we have to continue and progress.
“We can have a four-nations approach co-ordinated with some differences in pace depending on evidence, that would perfectly legitimate, or we can decide that doing the same thing at the same time is what matters.
"But we must go at the pace of the part of the UK which is furthest behind in the infection curve because not to do that would leave parts of the UK potentially lifting restrictions before it was safe to do so. That’s the worry I would have.”
Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw said again today that Scotland should follow suit on key decisions made in England, such as construction.
Sturgeon said: “When we have differences right now I could say maybe the problem is others not following Scotland’s guidance. There’s a big assumption in Jackson Carlaw’s question that it is safe for construction to be working normally in other parts of the UK but it’s something that I’m not yet absolutely satisfied about.
“At the start of this outbreak my judgement was construction was not safe to operate - has enough changed for me to change that judgement? My answer is not yet."
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2020-05-06 18:47:45Z
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