Current status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has considered holding a citizens' assembly on Scotland's route to independence.
The Scottish Government believes that Citizens’ Assemblies are an important and effective method to involve the public in policy and decision making.
The Scottish Government is currently engaged in developing the prospectus for independence through the Building a New Scotland papers, in order that people have information about the opportunities of independence and what it would mean for them. At this stage there are no plans for Citizens’ Assemblies on Scotland’s route to independence.
The Building a New Scotland paper on Scotland’s constitution makes a commitment to a legally mandated Constitutional Convention that would create the permanent constitution of an independent Scotland.