Mr Johnson says Scotland relies on the wider UK for trade.

The Labour MSP says there must not be a binary cross between leaving the EU or leaving the UK.

He says: "We must explore all options but we must be realistic."

Labour MSP Daniel Johnson says globalisation is with us and it cannot be hidden from.

Mr Johnson says we cannot wait for hypothetical scenarios that will never come to pass.

The Labour MSP says it is important that the UK does try to retain access to the single market and retain EU benefits.

He says: "We need Europe to provide workers in key sectors."

Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie calls for a Brexit deal referendum.

Mr Rennie says if the Tories are so confident about Brexit, one of the biggest decisions since Iraq and the Suez crisis, then why won't they back that call.

He says Tory MSP Oliver Mundell said Theresa May will put the deal before the UK parliament.

Mr Rennie says Westminster is packed with Tories and if  they are so confident, let the British people have their say.

Mr Rennie says the Tories have been making speeches that are the exact opposite to what they were saying a few months ago.

The Scottish Lib Dem Leader says the Tories have been fixated on the EU for a number of years.

He says "a real focus" is needed because "this is the biggest decision in our lifetime". 

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Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie says he has many agricultural workers in his constituency of North Fife and many feel insecure due to the inability of the UK government to guarantee their future.#

Mr Rennie says: "This is about people's lives."

The Scottish Lib Dem leader says the Conservatives have failed to recognise the direct impact of Brexit on people's lives.

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SNP MSP Tom Arthur says the PMs speech was a bit of a punch in the gut.

Mr Arthur says he hoped Ms May would see common sense but it was not to be.

He says the Scottish Conservatives have sold out over Brexit.

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Labour MSP Pauline McNeill says she always had concerns about the remoteness of the EU to people.

Ms McNeill says she still thought it better to remain.

She says there are opportunities that exist but they must be with the best access to the single market,

Ms McNeill says the Tories will have to adopt a much more progressive approach to immigration, if it wants to attract global talent.

Tory MSP Oliver Mundell says the government motion does begin to recognise that leaving the EU was a UK wide decision.

Mr Mundell says it is time the Scottish government get behind the UK government in seeking the best deal for the UK, rather than "harking from the sidelines". 

The Tory MSP says there is a big difference between standing up for Scotland and another independence referendum.

"Scottish people do not want to be left in limbo," he says.

SNP MSP Richard Lochhead says his party respect the result of the 2014 independence referendum but it is a pity that the Tories do not respect the majority of Scots who voted to remain in the EU.

Mr Lochhead asks why the Conservatives cannot accept the differences of nations within the UK.

The SNP MSP says Scottish Tory Leader Ruth Davidson previously said it was important to remain in the single market. 

The Scottish Green MSP says this UK government has fired the starting gun on a race to the bottom.

Mr Greer says the Scottish government has proposed a compromise where Scotland would remain in the Single Market.

He says it is essential Scotland is not subject to trade deals done by the likes of Liam Fox.

The Green MSP says a vote on our own future is all but impossible to avoid.

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Green MSP Ross Greer says Theresa May's speech was "confused, contradictory and dangerous."

He says "It appears the Westminster government is intent on hurtling towards a hard Brexit."

Mr Greer says there will be an end to free movement and we will be out of the single market.

The Green MSP says: "This is exactly the hard Brexit we feared."

Labour MSP Mark Griffin says his party will be supporting the Scottish government motion.

Mr Griffin says his party agree that the best outcome for Scotland is full access to the single market.

The Labour MSP says the prime minister's announcement today makes this debate all the more urgent.

He says Theresa May has, in one speech, "opened up constitutional wounds".

SNP MSP Ash Denham says Scotland must not be taken outside the single market against its will.

Ms Denham says economists have said a hard Brexit will cost scotland 80,000 jobs.

The SNP MSP says the Tories approach to Brexit "is to have your cake and eat it, but that cake is now stale."

Tory MSP Alexander Stewart says the EU referendum was decisive and UK voters made it clear that they want to leave the EU.

Mr Stewart says the threat of another independence referendum is affecting trade and the confidence of the business community.

The Tory MSP says the ability to forge new trade deals is "vitally important".

He says we need to negotiate bold new trade deals "beyond the frontier of Europe". 

"It is time the Scottish government stopped using Brexit as a political smokescreen," he says.