The SNP were relatively vocal in their criticism of transfer of all SAR to Bristow -
SNP condemn search-and-rescue helicopter changes - The Scotsman
Raises the question if they'd try to cover it via the planned Scottish defence force with assets they'd claim from the existing RAF/RN... whatever they might be? There is not a single word about it in the white paper.
Or would they just accept that Bristow are shaping up fairly well for the contract and leave it that way as a 'path of least resistance' type affair?
Like I said, I suspect nobody knows the answer and it hasn't been given a great deal of thought by the powers that be.