The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has broken his silence on the Dominic Cummings affair and said a “conclusion” has been reached we should now focus on beating the virus.

Jackson Carlaw, who hitherto had said nothing in public about Mr Cummings travelling more than 250 miles from London to Durham when the guidelines said he should be isolating for two weeks, as his wife had symptoms, released a statement immediately after the Prime Minister spoke.

Mr Carlaw still offered no opinion on rights or wrongs of Mr Cummings’ actions but said Mr Johnson ahs been doing “excellent work”.

He said “I've heard what the Prime Minister has said and it is a situation for him to judge.

“He has reached a conclusion and we must all now focus on continuing to beat this dreadful pandemic.

“I want the Prime Minister to be able to continue his excellent work leading the country out of lockdown and I am glad he set out his plans clearly today.

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“Here in Scotland, our focus must be on tackling the ongoing crisis in our care homes and building a robust testing and tracing system.

“There are more worrying reports today that this is proving difficult, and the Scottish Conservative focus will be on challenging the Scottish Government and demanding that promises both to protect care homes and isolate the disease are kept.”