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Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Bill [Lords]

I welcome the Minister to our debate on the thorny issue of devolution, which contributed greatly both to the number of Government amendments that have been tabled and the delay that prevented hon. Members from seeing them before our debate. It is only right to probe the issue a little further, especially Government amendment No. 120. I was surprised to learn that the IBB must not include someone on a barred list"““if a relevant Scottish authority has already considered whether the person should be included in a corresponding list on the same ground””." Will the Minister give an undertaking that the UK will be bound to decisions that are made in Scotland only if we have full confidence that the Scottish equivalent of the IBB exercises the same burdens of proof and conducts itself in the same way as the IBB? Will he confirm that there is a similar provision in Scottish law, so that if the amendment is accepted we can be sure that Scottish authorities will pay heed to similar decisions made in the UK?