Mr Yousaf also made clear the SNP-led Scottish Government would want a new constitution for the country to rule out Scotland being a home for nuclear weapons.
Humza Yousaf has outlined "radical" plans for an independent Scotland to have a written constitution - with the First Minister saying such a document could protect workers' rights to strike and guarantee healthcare that is "free at the point of need".
A written constitution would "embody a set of longer-term, more fundamental values about what a country is for" and set out a "common understanding of a nation's priorities", as well creating a "standard below which no government should ever fall", Mr Yousaf said.
A vote for independence would see the Scottish Parliament develop an interim constitution, which would then come into force when Scotland leaves the UK.
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