The hon. Lady and I discussed a section 106 order when we met recently, but I have to tell her that the route that she has identified—a section 106 order followed by a section 63 order—is not, in our view, the appropriate one to honour the commitments in the Smith programme. That would devolve competence to the Government in Scotland, not the Parliament, which would need a section 30 order. I just do not see how we will achieve that end in the time available to us in this Parliament, but we are determined that where there is a need for joint working between the two Governments to achieve a better transfer of power, my right hon. Friend the Under-Secretary and I will be engaged in that process.

The most important message that the people of Scotland have to get from any source is that the decision we make on 18 September is a decision from which there will be no going back. This has to be a once and for all decision. From that point of view I agree completely with the hon. Lady. Over the past 300 years, as part of the family of nations that is the United Kingdom, we have achieved a great deal of which we should be proud, and I and the people of Scotland do not want to walk away from that.

I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady and with the shop stewards at Rosyth and on the Clyde, all of whom I have met on a number of occasions in recent weeks. They are clear and unambiguous about the message that the hon. Lady has just articulated. The House should remember that that is not the view of a politician; that is the view of trade unionists—people who are charged with protecting the best interests and the jobs of their members. If they thought for a second that independence would be good for their members and that it would help to protect their jobs, I have no doubt that the trade unions on the Clyde and at Rosyth would be supporting it. The fact that they are not tells us all we need to know.

The Met Office is the UK's National Meteorological Service with responsibility for providing weather and climate services for the whole UK, including delivery of the public weather service and national severe weather warning service.

The Met Office therefore maintains close links with the devolved Administrations and works in partnership with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to provide the Scottish Flood Forecasting Service, and weather information to support Transport Scotland. It also works with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) through

the Flood Forecasting Centre to help deliver flood forecasting services in Wales, and provides air quality advice to support NRW in the event of major incidents. In Northern Ireland, the Met Office provides services to support the work of the Department for Regional Development, the Department of Social Development, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Rivers Agency.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

A concordat existed between the former Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Scottish Government. The Ministry of Justice does not have any concordats with the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, although we are in the process of negotiating a concordat with the Welsh Government.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority has a bilateral agreement with the Scottish Government. The National Archives has a concordat with the Welsh Government. The Information Commissioner has a bilateral agreement with the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. The Law Commission has a bilateral agreement with the Welsh Government. I will arrange for these documents to be placed in the Library of the House. This answer assumes that service level agreements fall outside the scope of the question.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are currently available in the Library of the House.

DEFRA and the public bodies for which it is responsible have in addition agreed the bilateral concordats listed as follow for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations. Copies of the documents will be placed in the Library:

Concordat on animal health and welfare matters between the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers.

Marine Management Concordat between the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Northern Ireland Executive.

A subject specific Concordat between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Marine Scotland, the Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland) on Management Arrangements for Fishing Opportunities and Fishing Vessel Licensing in the United Kingdom.

Concordat on the Implementation of Directive 2001/18EC and Regulation 1946/2003/EC on genetically modified organisms, between the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Executive and the UK Government.

DEFRA and the public bodies for which it is responsible also have a number of detailed MoUs, Service Level Agreements and other documents setting out joint working with the devolved Administrations.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library of the House.

The Ministry of Defence in addition has agreed concordats for the handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies of the documents have been placed in the Library of the House.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Libraries of both Houses.

The Department of Culture, Media and Sport, in addition, has agreed bilateral concordat(s) for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland and Wales. Copies of the documents will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

We will check whether public bodies have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses, in due course.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

In addition, the Department has agreed concordats with the devolved Administrations and a statement of cross-border principles with Welsh Ministers. Of the Department's public bodies, NHS England has agreed a protocol on cross-border health care with Welsh Ministers; the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has an agreement with the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland, with respect to licensing and inspection under UK legislation relating to medicines for human use; and the Health Research Authority has published a concordat to support the career development of researchers, to which the Scottish Government Health Directorates

and the Department (among others) are signatories. Copies of these documents have been placed in the Library.

In providing this information, we have aimed to identify documents specifically called “concordats” or dealing with broad principles about relationships between the Department, or its public bodies, and the devolved Administrations. There are likely to be further agreements under different names.

I have placed copies in the Library of the House of the agreement between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations on direct actions and preliminary references in the European Court of Justice and the concordat between the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on the independence of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.

There are no other concordats in place between the Law Officers' Departments and the devolved administrations.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

In addition the Department for Transport, including its agencies, has agreed bilateral concordats for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies of the documents will be placed in the Library.

These concordats have been in place many years and underpin regular contacts at senior and working level between the Department and the devolved Administrations that ensure that the relationships and working practices between us remain co-operative and sound.

We will check whether public bodies for which the Department for Transport is responsible have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the House Library in due course.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library of the House.

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not have current concordats with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, officials are currently in the process of drawing up a concordat with the devolved Administration of Wales, reflecting a greater degree of overlap on policy and legislation under the devolved settlement than the other constituent parts of the United Kingdom.

We will check whether public bodies have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the Library of the House in due course

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed last September, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not have any concordats with the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, nor does any of the public bodies for which it is responsible.

The British Council, a non-departmental public body for which the FCO is responsible, does however have a concordat with the National Assembly for Wales to support the working relationship between the National Assembly and the British Council in Wales. A copy of this will be placed in the Library.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has agreed bilateral concordats for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies, or links of these documents will be placed in the Library.

We will be asking public bodies with a direct link to the Department whether they have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the Libraries of the House in due course.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

The Cabinet Office in addition has agreed bilateral concordats for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland and Wales. Copies of the documents will be placed in the Library. The documents are also available at the following link:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080108045234/http:/cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publicationscheme/concordats.aspx

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

The Department for Work and Pensions in addition has agreed bilateral concordats for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies of the documents are available to access in the Library.

Copies of concordats between the Department for Work and Pensions public bodies and counterparts in the devolved Administrations have also been placed in the Library catalogue. The Health and Safety Executive is the only Department for Work and Pensions public body to have concordats with the devolved Administrations; these are with the Scottish Government (then Scottish Executive) and the Welsh Government (then National Assembly for Wales).

DFID does not have any concordats with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Library.

The Treasury in addition has agreed bilateral concordats for handling of procedural, practical or policy matters with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies of the documents are already in the Library.

We will check whether public bodies have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the House Library in due course.

The Memoranda of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out the principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the House Libraries.

The Home Office is currently discussing a concordat with the Welsh Government and with the Scottish Government. Once agreed they will be published online through the Cabinet Office website and copies placed in the House Libraries.

Each public body is responsible for any concordat it has agreed with counterparts in the devolved Administrations, and for providing information on them. This information is not retained centrally.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements, agreed in September 2012, set out principles which underlie the relationship between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These documents are available in the Libraries of the House.

In addition, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has agreed a concordat that sets out the framework for administrative co-operation for the implementation of the regulatory framework established by the Climate Change Act 2008, with counterparts in the devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Copies of the documents will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

We will check whether the public bodies that DECC has responsibility for have concordats with the devolved Administrations and these, or links to them, will be placed in the Libraries of the House in due course.