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Before the bill was debated, Conservative MP [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] raised a [[point of order]], asking the Speaker to rule on whether the bill should be classified as a [[hybrid bill]] because it affected the private interests of the Bishops of the [[Church of England]]. Had the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]] ruled that the bill was hybrid, it would have been subject to a different, more lengthy procedure. However, the Speaker ruled that it was not. The BBC claims this was an early attempt to derail the bill's passage through Parliament.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm120709/debtext/120709-0001.htm#1207099000752 | title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 09 July 2012 (pt 0001) | accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18782379 | title=Lords reform: How the Commons war will be fought | publisher=BBC News | date=10 July 2012 | accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref>
Labour called for more scrutiny of the bill and said it would vote against the programme motion, along with several Conservative MPs. On 10 July 2012, it became clear that the Government was going to lose the vote on the programme motion and it was withdrawn. At the vote that evening on whether to give the bill a second reading,
The Leader of the House of Commons, [[Sir George Young]], told the Chamber on 10 July 2012 that a new programme motion and timetable for debating the bill had not yet been confirmed.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm120710/debtext/120710-0002.htm#12071071000795 House of Commons Debates 10 July 2012 c 188.] Retrieved 6 August 2012.</ref> Backbench Conservative MPs told Cameron that the House of Lords Reform Bill was "a dead duck" following the vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9391036/David-Cameron-suffers-biggest-Commons-rebellion-over-Lords-reform.html |title=David Cameron suffers biggest Commons rebellion over Lords reform |work=The Daily Telegraph| location=London |first=Christopher |last=Hope |date=10 July 2012}}</ref>
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