Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I asked the question because I knew the answer. My noble friend Lord Maxton said, ““Don’t ask a question if you don’t know the answer to it””. What I am not clear about is this: whenever we raise issues, the noble Lord, Lord McNally, has to go back to the Deputy Prime Minister to get agreement. What happens if he is taken ill or is abroad at some major conference or something like that?