For centuries Scotland’s exports have reached every corner of the globe – and our trade performance continues to grow and strengthen.

The First Minister rounded off her address to the SNP’s Conference in Glasgow on Tuesday with a quote from the late Canon Kenyon Wright: “There is another way. It is marked ‘The Road of Hope’. Hope for a new nation at ease with its past, confident in its present and hopeful for its future.”

On 29 March 2017, the Prime Minister informed the European Commission that the UK intends to leave the EU. Under EU membership rules that means that the UK will quit the EU on 29 March 2019 – with just two years to negotiate a new deal to govern our relationship with Europe.

Nicola Sturgeon has delivered her 2017 conference speech. It’s a speech that sets out the next steps in delivering our progressive vision for the future – a vision that puts Scotland in the driving seat of change. Get the speech in full here.

Below is First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s speech to the 2017 SNP conference in Glasgow. Check against delivery.