FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, at St Andrew's House in Edinburgh, Scotland. The British government pledged on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 that it will assume all U.K. government debt in the event Scotland votes for independence — a move meant to reassure markets ahead of what is likely to be heated campaign. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)