The others are the establishment of a legal framework providing the option for a referendum through the 'Referendums (Scotland) Bill' and cross-party talks to identify areas of agreement on constitutional change.

[2] The Assembly will be conducted according to the following principles:[3] Independence from government: including through the appointment of an impartial and respected convener or co-conveners, an arms-length secretariat, and expert advisory groups.

Transparency: at all levels of the operation of the Assembly, from the framing of the questions, to the selection of members and expert witnesses, through to proactive publication and live-streaming of deliberative sessions and clarity about what the outputs will be used for.

The individuals will be broadly representative of Scotland's adult population in terms of age, gender, socio-economic class, ethnic group, geography and political attitudes.

[8] Some academics noted the assembly had too broad of a remit to accomplish much in the short-term, but found the report impressive and considered the online deliberations as successful as in-person ones.