This Tuesday was one of the most fascinating days I’ve had in Parliament. I am a member of the Devolution Further Powers Committee and we had Deputy First Minister, John Swinney MSP, provide evidence to us early Tuesday morning on the Fiscal Framework.

The Fiscal Framework is the financial mechanism to accompany the current Scotland Bill.

John Swinney was clear; no deal with the U.K. Govt would be done as Scotland would have had its budget cut over a 10 year period.

Under no circumstances were the SNP governmentt prepared to accept a deal that would cost the Scottish people either £7bn, £3.5bn or even £2bn.

Under the terms of the Smith Commission, the ‘No Detriment’ clause was pivotal to ensure that neither Scotland nor the rest of the UK would be disadvantaged at the time of powers transferring and from later policy decisions being made.

By Tuesday afternoon, significant movement had happened just before our First Minister gave a statement to Parliament.

Discussions between the First Minister and the Chancellor took place and by later in the afternoon we had another statement in the Chamber from the First Minister indicating that the UK Govt had climbed down.

In the evening, the situation was confirmed when the Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell MP, gave evidence to our committee.

The Smith proposals were the offer on the table and we needed to get the best possible outcome for Scotland.

John Swinney MSP has done a remarkable job and it was nice to see him being congratulated by Labour deputy leader, Alex Rowley MSP and the finance spokesperson Jackie Baillie MSP.

The SNP has shown for months that we were not going to back down to London's demands.

The conversation between Nicola Sturgeon MSP and the UK Chancellor obviously moved things on somewhat.

It is the SNP's job to stand up for Scotland. By neutralising a Treasury cash grab on Scotland's budget, that's exactly what we have achieved during these negotiations.

No matter what, this week has proved why we are Stonger for Scotland.