Royal Arms of Scotland was maintained. When the kingdoms of Scotland and England were united under the Acts of Union 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain, no single arms were created and instead, the royal arms as used in either Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom would continue to differ. Poetically described as "the ruddy lion ramping in his field of tressured gold", the arms are still widely used today as a symbol of Scotland, and are quartered in the royal arms of Queen Elizabeth II along with the arms of England and Ireland. The arms in banner form
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union This is a list of current, amended, spent and repealed Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to its membership of the European Communities and the European Union from 1972 to the present. Some of the acts (particularly the European Communities Act 1972 and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 represent some of the most important constitutional legislation currently on the statue book . This act legislated for the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities which later became the