SNP want to decide timing of next referendum

The SNP has tabled an amendment to the Scotland Bill calling for Holyrood to be given control over any future referendum on independence.

Former first minister Alex Salmond and Westminster leader Angus Robertson are among six of the party’s MPs proposing the change to the legislation, which enters its final parliamentary stage with a House of Commons debate and vote today.

Last year’s vote on Scottish independence took place only after the signing of the Edinburgh Agreement between the UK and Scottish Governments.