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...composition of the House of Commons. There will therefore be a Government majority on the committee. However, an attempt is made to ensure representation by minority parties. The membership of the committee will usually be those Members of Parliament with a special interest in, or knowledge of, the subject of the Bill under consideration. For Finance Bills the whole House...

...composition, from some privileged position. This brings us back to where we started, the rolling ‘towards X’ I quoted at the beginning. One possible response to this existential situation—the loss of humanity’s privileged position—could be to be in denial about it. Another response may be disorientation or even despair. A third response, of course, may be...