Labour had tried to drag Liz Truss into the Commons to answer this urgent question.
However, the government can decide who to send, and – perhaps unsurprisingly – the prime minister will not be responding.
In her place is Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt.
It’s an interesting choice given she is being pushed by some as a potential successor to the beleaguered PM.
Ms Mordaunt is one of the better Commons operators though and may earn a few brownie points with backbenchers by heading out to bat at this tricky moment.
Liz Truss’s lack of appearance will fuel discontent among some MPs though.
“She needs to own it, and is now back in hiding again,” said one.
The vanishing act won’t last forever either.
The prime minister will likely be in the Commons for Jeremy Hunt’s statement today and is set to face Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs on Wednesday.