The Tory minister insisted Scotland remained part of a 'voluntary' union despite the Supreme Court ruling against Nicola Sturgeon's government last week.
Alister Jack has admitted a second referendum on independence could happen in the future but insisted it was not what most Scots voters wanted at the present time.
Asked if there remained a route to an Indyref2, Jack told MPs: "Yes, of course there could be another referendum in Scotland."Back then there was consensus between the two governments of Scotland, between pretty much all the political parties and there was consensus across civic society,"So, could that position where there is a sustained majority, let me put it that way, could that sustained majority position be achieved again, yes, it could be.
The Dumfries and Galloway MP compared a pledge to deliver independence to a pledge to remove the UK's Trident nuclear weapons from the Clyde.
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