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David Cameron looked relaxed as he left Bute House following talks with Nicola Sturgeon.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Scottish government has said the prime minister is open to considering powers further than those proposed by the Smith Commission.
Laura Bicker
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
What Nicola Sturgeon is trying to say is she has a mandate. She has 56 out of the 59 MPs elected in Scotland and she won 50% of the vote - unprecedented here in Scotland.
She says that gives her leverage to push David Cameron. David Cameron says he wants to keep the nation together.
The language coming out of Westminster last week was very much a cordial one. 'We will listen'.
Nicola Sturgeon has warned him that if he doesn't listen, then the people of Scotland will judge him accordingly.
James Cook
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
Scottish government says meeting between Cameron and Sturgeon was constructive and helpful. Smith to be implemented as agreed.
Scottish government says David Cameron said he was open to considering proposals which would go further than the Smith Commission.
The Prime Minister David Cameron exits Bute House following his first face-to-face talks with Nicola Sturgeon since the general election.
During the meeting the pair discussed new powers for Scotland, with income tax thought to be high on the agenda.
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The Prime Minister David Cameron has left Bute House in Edinburgh following his first face-to-face meeting with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon since the general election.
Brian Taylor
Political editor, Scotland
It's a question of calculation for Mr Cameron, as it is for Nicola Sturgeon. How far can they make concessions and what level of deal can be reached? The starting point for the prime minister is very much deliver what was in Smith - that's what's been agreed.
"He (David Cameron) is saying that any changes to Smith have to come about through parliamentary process. That's tabling amendments in the House of Commons. Given that he has an overall majority, that keeps the power very firmly in his hands.
Nicola Sturgeon takes a different approach. She says there should be the involvement of Civic Scotland and discussion and debate in Scotland.
It is challenging for David Cameron but it is also challenging for Nicola Sturgeon - what is the exit strategy if the prime minister says 'no'?
Does she threaten a second referendum? She has said that she is reluctant to do so and it is not currently in her plans.
Andrew Dunlop, the new junior minister at the Scotland Office, sits alongside Prime Minister David Cameron at this morning's meeting.
Mr Dunlop was an adviser to David Cameron during the independence referendum.
He was also working with Conservative Party HQ when the poll tax was introduced under Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Dunlop has been given a peerage and will sit in the Lords. Yesterday, the SNP described his appointment and the peerage as "scandalous".
James Cook
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
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Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash: "The whole question of the union is obviously to be determined by the 650 MPs at Westminster and that's where the legislation will be decided.
"Regarding English votes for English laws; there is no remotely common sense view that where we have exclusively English matters - when there's devolution in Scotland - that those MPs are deciding questions relating to those matters which are exclusively English, it just doesn't make any sense at all."
David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon inside Edinburgh's Bute House.
New Scottish Secretary David Mundell can be seen sitting next to David Cameron, while Deputy First Minister John Swinney is next to Nicola Sturgeon.
David Torrance, political commentator, Tweets, external: So today's unhelpful (for SNP) #indyref stories were the result of "musings on the terrace of a certain senior, well refreshed SNP figure".
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Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash said his party had been prepared to offer "very considerable" powers to the Scottish Parliament.
He said: "There was a debate over the question of independence and the SNP lost that debate.
"They'll have their say and we will listen.
"The idea that we want a measure of hostility I think would be absurd."
Sir Bill added: "I think that some of the language that was coming from Nicola Sturgeon before the election was based on the fact that she thought she would hold the balance of power and be able to force us to do this that and the other. That's now in the past.
"Now is the time for rational discussion. We're giving really quite a lot. The income tax arrangements - David Cameron is right - they are very considerable."
Hannah Bardell, new MP for Livingston, spoke on the Victoria Derbyshire show about what the SNP want, following the General Election result.
She said: "We had, a very brief time before the referendum, 'the vow' - scrabbled together and splashed across the front page of one of the major tabloids, promising near federalism.
"We then saw the Smith Commission, which was much more watered down. We now see these proposals - Bruce Crawford, one of our MSPs gave it five out of 10 in terms of how it matched up.
"Let's not forget that committee (Smith Commission) was a cross party group.
"We want to see business taxes, employment legislation, the minimum wage and welfare powers come to Scotland so we can grow our economy and become a more prosperous nation."
Tweet from Victoria Derbyshire, external: First talks between David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon since #GE2015 result. More with @BBCLBicker on #VictoriaLIVE
Laura Bicker
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
Scotland correspondent Laura Bicker spoke on BBC News about David Cameron's arrival in Edinburgh to meet Nicola Sturgeon.
"David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon are both coming from very different stand points.
"David Cameron has said he wants to make the Scottish Parliament's one of the most devolved parliament's in the world.
"The fact that he's in Edinburgh is an indication of how seriously he takes that pledge."
Image source, BBC/TwitterVoters and politicians are discussing the meeting of David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon on the Victoria Derbyshire show on the BBC News Channel.
FM @NicolaSturgeon & DFM @JohnSwinney talking ahead of meeting with the Prime Minister
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Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
All smiles as First Minister @NicolaSturgeon, external meets Prime Minister David Cameron in Edinburgh.
The Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at Bute House in Edinburgh for a meeting with the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
