My statement here is really to say that there is strong recognition in the case law of Parliament's privilege and Parliament's autonomy to determine its procedures and its proceedings, and the way it is going to conduct its business. The courts have said that time and time again.
There are constitutional provisions that apply, such as section 48, and so, if there is legislation that is adopted by the House, the court may look to that to see if that legislation was adopted validly and if there was a quorum or if there were some other constitutional provisions at play. However, in terms of the manner in which the House chooses to comply with that requirement, in my view there is going to be a lot of leeway, because it is how the House decides to manage its internal proceedings.
As long as the House is mindful of those constitutional provisions and those requirements and turns its mind to it—adopts proceedings and makes it clear that in the conduct of its proceedings it is meeting this quorum by recognizing the presence—all of those things should lead, in my view, the courts to find that this is the exercise of its proceedings.
Obviously, the question doesn't arise at all if you have 20 members physically present. I am saying that, if you don't have that, then there are some other arguments to put forward.