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The Scottish Government continues to deliver on its commitment to give people the information they need to make an informed choice about their future, and I’m pleased to confirm that today we are publishing Citizenship in an independent Scotland.

This is the fifth paper in the Building a New Scotland series which sets out the Scottish Government’s proposals for an inclusive and welcoming approach to citizenship in an independent Scotland. It sets out our vision of citizenship after independence for people, whether or not they were born in Scotland or define themselves as primarily or exclusively Scottish, and describes who would become a Scottish citizen at the point of independence, and who could become a Scottish citizen from then on.

The publication also gives detailed proposals on passports, the Common Travel Area and the European Union, and citizenship and the constitution, with analysis of the evidence that informs these proposals.

The Scottish Government is continuing to prepare further papers in the Building a New Scotland series and these will be published in the coming months.

Building a New Scotland: Citizenship in an independent Scotland is available to view on the Scottish Government website from today at www.gov.scot/newscotland .