Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a second Scottish independence referendum on Brexit negotiations and planning.

As the Prime Minister has said, now is not the time to be talking about a second independence referendum. It would be unfair to the people of Scotland to ask them to make a crucial decision without knowing what our future partnership with the EU will be.

The UK needs to work together, putting all our energies into securing a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom and the right deal for Scotland in our negotiations with the European Union.