SCOTLAND was not mentioned once in what was expected to be the final debate in the Tory leadership contest.

Despite polls showing a swing to a Yes vote in Scotland if Boris Johnson wins, the subject of the Union was entirely omitted once again.

He instead clashed with Jeremy Hunt on familiar issues including Brexit and housing.

On immigration post-Brexit, Hunt told Tory members he would reduce net figures.

He said: “I actually agree with Boris about taking back control.

“That’s what people voted for but they also voted with an expectation that overall levels of net migration would come down and I believe that people would think we were betraying the spirit of that Brexit referendum if we didn’t find a way of bringing down overall numbers.

“The way that we do it, though, is what I did in the NHS, which is by increasing the number of doctors and nurses that we train in this country.”

Johnson refused to say whether he would do the same.

He added: “I’m not going to get into some numbers game with you. What I think we will have is control, which is what the people voted for and it’s high time we got it.”

It was Hunt who refused to be drawn in a bizarre moment when Sun journalist Tom Newton Dunn, chairing the event, asked the duo when the last time they cried was.

Johnson replied: “When I came out of parliament to find my bike had been nicked.”

Hunt made mention of his daughter having her graduation ceremony that afternoon, before adding that this wasn’t actually the last time he cried, and then bizarrely refused to answer the question.

The candidates found agreement on some issues, however, with both suggesting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was personally anti-Semitic.

Half of the debate, hosted by The Sun and TalkRadio, was devoted to Brexit.

Hunt said: “On Brexit, if people think with their heads as well as their hearts, they will see that my way of delivering Brexit is more likely to get us out by October 31 because I have a plan for no-deal but also the ability to negotiate a deal that can get through the Houses of Parliament.”

Johnson said the nation faces a “momentous choice” between the “same old failed can-kicking approach” between change and getting back “our mojo”.

“The way to do that is to get Brexit done by October 31,” he said.

Hunt said that Johnson was promising things about Brexit and trade deals which he cannot deliver if he were to become prime minister.

Johnson challenged Hunt on when he would deliver Brexit, saying any delay would be “absurd”.

“I’m hearing that Jeremy might delay for a few days. Well, how many days? Is that three days? Is that six days?” Johnson said.

“You said you would be prepared to wait until Christmas. Which Christmas is it?”

It came as Philip Hammond issued a fresh warning to Johnson that he will do “everything I can” to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

Speaking during a trip to New York, the Chancellor, who said he will not serve in the incoming government, said if the new premier tried to “drive the UK over a cliff edge” with a no-deal Brexit, he would do all he could to stop it.