John Swinney: “Mr Offord is trying to pursue an issue on immigration at the same time as his party is associated with the stirring up…”

Make no mistake – if we had lost the election this year, if we were out of power – then the independence cause would have been set back decades.

I’m all for the Scottish Parliament having as many powers as it possibly can do, and I’ll work constructively to make sure we bring all those powers to Scotland.

So Scotland’s a welcoming country. We want to make sure that when people come to Scotland, we can support them and that we can support them well.

And I would welcome Scotland being able to determine our approach to immigration and to asylum.