Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson said ministers would push the UK for a section 30 order.
, Mr Robertson said: "We will continue to press for the gold standard - which the 2014 referendum showed itself to be.
"Given we have precedent, and it worked and wasn't complicated, and with mutual respect, it was something we could all agree on.Image caption,The Sunday Times suggested the First Minister could take a different route to an independence vote, avoiding a section 30 order.
These have been used 16 times since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999, and have allowed MSPs to legislate in areas from the construction of railways to reducing the voting age in Scottish elections. He said: "The next electoral contest is not a referendum, it is going to be a general election and that is going to be a campaign to put out Boris Johnson.
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