Statement on Supreme Court
The Advocate General for Scotland has today lodged papers with the Supreme Court in relation to the Lord Advocate's referral of the Scottish Government's draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill.
A UK Government spokesperson said:
鈥淲e have been clear that now is not the time to be discussing another independence referendum, when people across Scotland want both their governments to be working together on the issues that matter to them and their families.
鈥淗owever, following the Lord Advocate鈥檚 referral of the Scottish Government鈥檚 draft Scottish Independence Referendum Bill, the UK Government has today lodged its initial response with the Supreme Court.
鈥淭he papers confirm that the Advocate General for Scotland will become a formal party to the case, and ask the Court to consider whether it should accept the Lord Advocate鈥檚 referral.鈥�