HC Deb 20 January 1998 vol 304 cc475-6W
Mr. Swinney

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland to produce a concordat setting out arrangements for relations between his Department and the Scottish Executive after the establishment of a Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement. [23549]

Mr. George Robertson

My right hon. Friend and I have agreed that there is likely to be a need for a non-statutory agreement between the Ministry of Defence and the Scottish Executive covering the exchange of information, advance notification and joint working in line with the principles set out in the White Paper "Scotland's Parliament".