Clause 265
Housing and Regeneration Bill
11:00 am
Andrew George (St Ives, Liberal Democrat)
I refer to a point made in an earlier debate on the application of stamp duty to the purchase of portions of a property. If the Government want to facilitate a means by which a tenant can take ownership of an equity or other share of the property, does the Minister agree that it would be unhelpful if, because of the market value of the property, the tenant found himself or herself having to pay stamp duty on the purchase of that equity share?