Oral Answers to Questions

Bill Grant Excerpts

Wednesday 6th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

What the Government said is that we will be publishing a White Paper that will be detailed and ambitious, and we will do just that.

[Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Con)]

Q8. In the light of the publication of the Scottish National party’s latest independence blueprint, does the Prime Minister agree with the vast majority of Scots that this is not the time to drag us back to another decisive referendum on independence?

[The Prime Minister]

The people of Scotland voted in a legal and fair referendum to remain part of the United Kingdom, and it is SNP Members, who are completely out of touch with the people of Scotland, who are continuing to press the issue of independence. Now is not the time for a second independence referendum. Now is the time for the United Kingdom to be pulling together, to get the right deal for the United Kingdom and the right deal for Scotland in our negotiations. As I indicated earlier, and as is recognised by many people across Scotland, the most important thing for the future of Scotland is to continue to be part of the UK’s internal market.