This Saturday Parliament will debate the Prime Minister’s
revised deal with the European Union. This deal is for all intents and purposes
a revision of the deal Theresa May had reached with the EU earlier this year,
which was rejected by the House in January and March of this year.
The draft deal the Prime Minister has brought back does not protect Scotland’s interests. We need to ensure either the UK remains in the Single Market and Customs Union, or Scotland should have its own special arrangement like is reportedly to be the case for Northern Ireland.
Whilst I still maintain it is wrong that Scotland be taken out of the EU against its wishes, and we should be working hard towards retaining our place in the Single Market, we still have important work to do to ensure the Brexit Bill protects everybody’s interests.