Westminster rides roughshod over the wishes of the devolved Governments, as shown in their treatment of the wishes of the people of Scotland to remain in the EU. There has been little effort to provide a platform for discussion with the devolved governments. The Scottish Government has tried hard to put forward its position but it has proved impossible to have its case heard by Westminster. For instance. The Westminster Government has failed to provide a platform for discussions. As an example, the JMC European Negotiations Sub-committee has not followed its schedule for meetings with the devolved parliaments. The devolved parliaments should be treated with more respect than they have been given up to this point and their position on withdrawal from the European Union should not be dismissed by Westminster.They could work better together if Westminster listened, discussed, kept their promises. I am sure that the devolved Governments are important in the running of their respective countries. Westminster seems to have failed to realise that Scotland for instance is another country with different point of view from England.

Devolution was only ever intended to scupper any desire for Scottish Independence.The "Union" is repeatedly stated as being a marraige. Nowadays the bullying of one partner vis a vis the other is not tolerated, and this disfunctional union should be dissolved. The only other possible solution would be for England to also have devolution, on the same terms as Scotland. Obviously no more "National Projects" for which England, especially London, drains Scotland of resources.Failing that, Scotland will become independent as the younger generation receive more of their information from articles on the internet, which provide checkable sources, rather than a biased set of newspapers and the BBC.

Simple really. All powers recalled from the EU should automatically go to the devolved parliaments where the particular parliament already has responsibility for said power.

The Scottish Government has made all possible efforts to communicate the requirements of the Scottish people during the negotiations for the withdrawal from the EU, to to the Westminster Government. The Scottish Government has been sidelined and ignored which means that the people of Scotland are also being ignored. Westminster needs to pay attention to what they have previously claimed they would do and keep their promises. They do not do this. For instance. The Westminster Government has failed to provide a platform for discussions as the JMC European Negotiations Sub-committee has not followed its schedule for meetings with the devolved parliaments. The devolved parliaments should be treated with more respect than they have been given up to this point and their position on Brexit should not be dismissed by Westminster.

The question is biased from the get go. 1 England will always outvote Scotland 10 to 1 at Westminster. Only an independent Scotland can look after Scotland's interests. 2 under the present arrange!entitled they cannot successfully work together. Abolish the bloated Scottish Office and stop Westminster interference. 3 it could only work if Scotland had an equal voice at all levels. We have only to look at Brexit to see the contempt Westminster has for the Devolved Nations. Full fiscal autonomy and Federalism might have worked 40 years ago, now? Never!

I wonder what is behind this consultation? Is this an exercise in finding out that devolution doesn't work? So that you can do - what? Where do the people on this forum come from? Are they even in the UK? Are they people from Scotland, Wales and Ireland? The people how KNOW about devolution and how Scotland and Wales are totally ignored over brexit. I hear Arlene Foster is to meet with M. Barnier today. What exactly are you cooking up with your New Waverley House and Victoria Quay in Edinburgh (run by Mr Mundell?) Why all these new civil service jobs? The powers are devolved. They should ALL be returned to HOLYROOD. Not some office in Scotland run by the Scottish Office (aka Westminster) in Edinburgh.

UK ministers go out of their way to not work on behalf of Scotland, they block everything that would assist Scotland in even the minutest way. Nothing will change in the future unless Scotland gives them the 'two fingers' and opts to go and make its own way in the world. The sooner that Scotland takes that sovereign decision the better for the people of Scotland. Arrogant England can make its own way in the world although I think that they may toil at achieving any meaningful progress without their neighbour. I have a feeling that they are aware of this hence their panic.

The refusal to allow the SG to take part in the brexit talks or Westminster ‘pre talks’ forces the breakup of the UK

I don't want devolution because the UK Guv can never be trusted to honour any agreement it ever makes, even the EU say as much and why they want every detail laid out in legal text, and even then they doubt the UKs veracity Independence is the only way to guarantee choices for Scotland are made for and by the electorate of Scotland Of the people by the people for the people remember those words? I'd like them applied to Scotland so we can join the rest of the world

The parliament and the Scottish office seem to be at odds with each other and clashing over there respective roles. There functions need to be rethought particularly the secretary of state for Scotland and the Scottish office which is still designed to work in a pre devolution settlement. This needs to be considered in the long term interests of the relationship between the two parliament s as at present it is portrayed as snp vs Tory party but could conceivably end up being more decisive if say the Tory party won their next Scottish government elections but the current Labour party won the UK election and started to dictate policy. Perhaps one could consider a more federal system but there is a clear need for change as the portrayal however unfairly of the sos for Scotland appearing as a somewhat disinterested governor General figure putting party position before the national interest which he is supposed to represent as Scotland s man in the cabinet does neither party any favours.