Ian Blackford has insisted the UK Government will continue to pay the pensions of older people living in Scotland in the wake of independence.
The SNP's leader at Westminster claimed older Scots had a right to receive a pension after spending decades of paying National Insurance contributions to the UK Treasury.
The MP pointed to the example of pensioners who choose to live abroad in another European country but can still claim their basic state pension.
Opposition politicians claimed it was "blatantly inaccurate" to claim pensions would be unaffected if Scots voted for independence at a future referendum.
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