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Government of Wales Bill

I am most grateful to the noble Lord for his clarification. I think that he sees the source of my concern. There are already substantial areas of potentially devolved fields under Schedule 5. Is it really necessary to determine what future fields can be exercised under Schedule 5 by reference to functions that are exercised by Ministers and alterable under Clause 58? That is the question. I simply do not understand why such a labyrinthine formula has been devised to extend the scope of the Assembly measures that can be made by the Welsh Assembly. If we are going to add to Schedule 5 in future, surely it would be much better to have a single straightforward rule in one clause, which will subsequently become one section of an Act.