Scottish Independence (EU Membership)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 12 February 2013.

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Photo of Christopher Chope Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch 11:30, 12 February 2013

But is there not an alternative legal viewpoint, which is that if Scotland were to leave the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom without Scotland would itself have to reapply for membership of the European Union?