Alex Salmond has teased the Foreign Secretary over Scotland's popularity within Europe and the UK's unpopularity.

He made the remarks after a poll on Monday suggested strong support across the continent for an independent Scotland joining the EU.

The former first minister revelled in the YouGov survey, which also suggested the UK Government was deeply unpopular in the European countries polled.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond responded by dismissing the poll in the exchange in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

The former SNP leader also joked with Hammond about his rumoured possible move to the Treasury and asked if Brexit negotiations would take longer to negotiate than World War Two - a comment Hammond made before the EU referendum.

Salmond was speaking in his role as SNP's international affairs and Europe spokesman.

He asked the Foreign Secretary: "Have you seen the poll at the weekend across European countries from YouGov which showed two things - one, that the UK Government was deeply unpopular in every other European country, and secondly there were massive majorities of the public in every country surveyed looking forward to an independent Scotland within Europe?"

To cheers from the SNP benches, Salmond added: "Why is the UK Government so unpopular and why is Scotland so popular in Europe?"

Hammond replied: "Well, I'd have thought if there was one lesson to take from the events of the last three weeks it was don't read polls."

Earlier, Hammond stood by his suggestion that Brexit could take longer to negotiate than the Second World War.

Salmond said: "Scotland is deeply concerned about the personal future of the Foreign Secretary given his apocalyptic statements during the recent referendum.

"For example, when he told Chatham House on March 2 it'd take longer to negotiate than the Second World War.

"So will it take longer to negotiate Brexit than the Second World War - and how would any future Chancellor of the Exchequer deal with such uncertainty?"

The Foreign Secretary responded: "I think the concern is this, and you'll recognise this - if a future treaty between the United Kingdom and the European Union 27 is deemed to be a mixed competence, it will have to be ratified by 27 national parliaments."

He added: "I think I'm right in saying the shortest time in which that has been done in any EU treaty is just under four years; that's after taking into account the time it takes to negotiate."