Conservative leader David Cameron says that Scotland's position in the UK will be 'respected' if he wins the General Election.
He admitted that he was unlikely to win a majority of seats in Scotland - but said he would govern "with respect" and work with Alex Salmond's SNP administration.
Speaking to STV News at the party conference in Manchester, Mr Cameron said: "If we win the election, one of the first things I would do is to have an early meeting with the First Minister, to actually talk through the issues, and to explain very clearly that I want to do things to keep the United Kingdom together.
"I think that there is a respect agenda, about respecting Scotland's position in the United Kingdom. I want UK ministers appearing in front of the Holyrood parliament, Scottish Ministers appearing before Westminster parliament and regular meetings between the First Minister and the Prime Minister.
"I would also like to see a regular UK meeting of the First Minister in Scotland, the First Minister in Wales, the First Minister in Northern Ireland and the British Prime Minister every year to talk through some of the issues of keeping this great family of the United Kingdom together."
Mr Cameron said his party was "very well behind" in Scotland but has made progress.
He said: "We have got work to do, but if you look at the European election results, on that basis we were ahead in ten Scottish constituencies, so that is very good progress for us.
"If you actually look at when they counted up all the votes by local government area we actually won more local government areas than the Labour Party, so we are making progress."
The Tory leader again underlined his reluctance to enter into a televised debate with Mr Salmond before the UK election, saying the SNP leader should debate Scottish matters with Holyrood leaders.
He said: "These debates are to me about the future of the United Kingdom government and Alex Salmond is not standing for the United Kingdom parliament and not standing to be Prime Minister for the United Kingdom so I don't think he should take part in these debates.
"I think he needs to get on with being First Minister running Scotland."
