Government of Wales Bill

I must come clean about that. When I discussed the new schedule, I intended to enter a mea culpa on that point. I was responsible for part of the new schedule, but not for all of it—especially the mistakes. [Laughter.] The reference to the courts of the Scottish legislative system should have been replaced by one to the highest courts for criminal and civil law in England and Wales. He may pick up one or two other errors. Because of the mistakes, I shall not press the amendment to a Division. I wish to press the Minister on why he has set out the legislative competencies of the Assembly differently from how it was done for Scotland. Why has he set up the complicated system of fields in schedule 5, with further definitions in schedule 7? It would be much better to rule out those areas over which the Assembly has no competence. I know that the hon. Member for Clwyd, West (Mr. Jones) has been very concerned about that ad hoc method of adding primary legislative competencies to the Assembly. I would think that our proposal, as outlined in the new schedule, would give him more confidence that no additional powers could be devolved to the Assembly without a decision by this place.