THE SNP have confirmed they have now been offered one place on the Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster.
It comes after an official release from the London parliament on Tuesday listed 10 MPs as having seats on the committee.
It showed one vacant seat which was still to be filled although reports had suggested that, due to the balance of the House of Commons, it may have been for the Tories to assign.
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A spokesperson for the SNP has now confirmed they have been offered one place on the committee, which they will use to “stand up for Scotland’s interests at Westminster”.
"It speaks volumes about the broken Westminster system, that the SNP was not afforded an automatic place on the Scottish Affairs Committee despite being Scotland's party of government, and winning more votes and seats in Scotland than other parties who have been given multiple places," they said.
The party has confirmed it is putting its Westminster leader Stephen Flynn (above) forward for a place on the committee with Pete Wishart having chaired the committee prior to the election.
The statement added: "The Scottish Affairs Committee exists to hold the UK Government to account on areas of its work that impact Scotland.
"Following the original allocation of seats, the SNP have now been offered one committee place, which we will use to stand up for Scotland's interests at Westminster."
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As well as running the Scottish Government, the SNP won 30% of the vote north of the Border in the General Election but returned just nine MPs.
Meanwhile, the LibDems returned 9.7% of the Scottish vote and five MPs and have two seats on the committee - held by Angus MacDonald and Susan Murray.
The Tories also have two seats - one of which has been given to the MP for Windsor, Jack Rankin.
The other has been taken by Gordon and Buchan MP Harriet Cross.
Labour have six seats on the committee, including the chair Patricia Ferguson, who represents Glasgow West.
The remaining Labour MPs are: Maureen Burke, Lillian Jones, Douglas McAllister, Elaine Stewart and Kirsteen Sullivan.
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