Government of Wales Bill

I can give the hon. Gentleman the straight answer that there are no such plans at present. As I said to the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Mr. Williams), we do not see the Bill as a way of extending the responsibilities of the Assembly. As the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) said, the Scotland Act 1998 refers to the courts. Clearly, we would require a large document not only to set out what was not devolved to the Assembly, but to take account of all the courts and judicial areas, including the Prison Service—the list would go on and on. It is far clearer for someone who is not versed in the intricacies of our constitution for us to set out in schedule 5 the exact areas on which the Assembly can legislate, rather than to produce a list of the things that it cannot do. A judgment must be made. For the reasons that I have given, we think that the approach represents a sensible way forward, principally because we are an England and Wales jurisdiction, so the situation is different from that in Northern Ireland and Scotland. When the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnorshire considers the reasons that I have set out, their link with the Order-in-Council process and the way in which matters can be added so that the Assembly can take forward its Assembly Measures, I hope that he will withdraw the amendment.