John Swinney: “I appreciate the urgency of this question because there are a number of applications that are now being considered by…”

Conference, because we won the election – and because we won the trust of people in Scotland - we can now do two things: improve people’s lives here and now, and build the best possible future by delivering Scottish independence.

The Prime Minister is very welcome in Scotland and I’ll be interested to hear what he’s got to say.

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.

Words are not enough Scotland belongs to all who live here.