This is part of its "pragmatic response to EU exit.4The Scottish Government. (2020, June 18). Policy Memorandum to the Bill, paragraph 23. Retrieved from <a href="https://beta.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/current-bills/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill-2020/introduced/policy-memorandum-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill.pdf" target="_blank">https://beta.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/current-bills/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill-2020/introduced/policy-memorandum-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill.pdf</a> [accessed 07 July 2020]"
Regardless of the Scottish Government working with the UK Government to prepare Scotland's statute book for EU exit, clear tensions remain.