To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the statement made in Scotland in August 2021 by the then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office on another referendum on Scottish independence if it became the settled will of the Scottish people is Government policy.
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25 October 2021
The comments referred to reflect the UK Government’s position that now is not the time to return to an all-consuming debate on the constitution. As people across the United Kingdom rightly expect, the UK Government’s focus is on responding to and recovering from the challenges the Covid pandemic has created.
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