Clause 43 - Land transactions
Finance Bill
10:30 am
Mr John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon, Liberal Democrat)
I regret that my knowledge of that aspect of history is incomplete. I can tell the hon. Gentleman only that unless a document was stamped, it could not be exhibited in court. In addition, people could not register their title if the property was unregistered.
The tax was presaged by a momentous debate on electronic conveyancing in Westminster Hall on 9 November 2000, for which I was fortunate enough to draw the short straw. The Government spokesman was Mr. David Lock, the former Member for Wyre Forest and an able Minister, who, regrettably, is not still with us.