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forward, the scottish government would work with the uk government to explore potential amendments to the bill. the secretary of state refused this offer stating there would be no further meetings between the governments on this issue. he set up three options for the scottish government. we can drop the bill passed by the majority of this parliament altogether, we can address these concerns in an amended bill without providing which bill without the section 35 on top of it can pursue legal action. the uk government state of does not provide a reason. any divergence of approaching scotland would be unacceptable saying ensure it to different regimes create adverse effects. it is therefore proved impossible to find a way forward or to consider a form of amending the bill that this parliament would agree to and lead to the secretary of state to revoke the order. the scottish government remains committed to the bill as amended and as agreed by a majority in this parliament, ....
Was plenty of opportunity for the uk government to come to them as part of the process, even during the consultation process but it wasn t until stage three of the bill, which was quite late on, i think that was october so several weeks before the 0ctober so several weeks before the bill was passed, and shirley anne somerville said there was no request for changes. she said when they did hearfrom the uk for changes. she said when they did hear from the uk government they were given three options, option one was to drop the bill completely, section two was to address the concerns, but she said she didn t know what those concerns were or to pursue legal action. that is what the scottish government had decided to do, to pursue legal action. let s bring in michael simmons, data editor at the spectator.- editor at the spectator. quite a stron: editor at the spectator. quite a strong statement editor at the spectator. quite a strong statement against - editor at the spectator. quite a stro ....