Lord Alton of Liverpool: Scotland Office: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Sovereignty: Scotland

Monday 3rd April 2017

Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the Scottish Government concerning the inclusion of a third option, offering further devolution of powers to Scotland, in any future Scottish independence referendum; what assessment they have made of the benefits of including such an option; and whether they have ruled out its inclusion.

Answered by Lord Dunlop

The Government is focused on our negotiations with the European Union and getting the right deal for Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom. We have already committed that no decisions currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed from them and we will use the opportunity of bringing decision making back to the UK to ensure that more decisions are devolved.