Maria Eagle: ...leaseholders. It is not as if some of these people do not have the money. Last July, the Chancellor of the Exchequer provided a £4 billion tax cut to the housing and development sector by cutting stamp duty. The Help to Buy scheme has given a huge cash boost to them, so much so that developers between them have made £15 billion in profit since the Grenfell fire, so the Government must...
Matthew Offord: Given the success of the stamp duty holiday in boosting home sales, will the Chancellor of Exchequer come to the House to make a statement on extending the holiday until the end of 2021 to help shore up economic growth and avoid the risk of a slump in the housing industry at a critical time?
Matthew Offord: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to consider extending the Stamp Duty holiday until the end of 2021 in order to help shore up economic growth?
Tulip Siddiq: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the stamp duty holiday for people who have requested solicitors to buy or sell a house before the stamp duty holiday deadline.
Jason McCartney: ...please give some certainty to those businesses and individuals struggling financially by announcing an early extension to his various support packages, including help with VAT, business rates and stamp duty, the self-employment scheme and, of course, the universal credit uplift?
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...to protect victims and to send a clear message that it is an unacceptable practice which will not be tolerated in the United Kingdom. I am proud to say that the UK is a world leader in the fight to stamp it out, for instance with our dedicated Forced Marriage Unit leading efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. Turning to Amendment 9, as the noble and learned Baroness will also know...
Tim Farron: ...the Government have made to increase council tax by 5% and to hit the worst those families who struggle the most, but there are other choices that this Government have made at the same time. The stamp duty holiday has given a boost of tens of thousands of pounds to people who want to buy second homes. Therefore, people who are struggling by on the minimum wage, paying a much higher...
John Glen: ...for up to 6 months support for consumers struggling with mortgage payments; consumers have until 31 March 2021 to apply and all holidays must be completed by 31 July. We also brought in a temporary Stamp Duty Land Tax cut in order to encourage and maintain confidence in the property market. The Government does not seek to intervene in individual home purchases, but, we have worked with...
Marco Longhi: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend stamp duty holiday period beyond 31 March 2021 to protect employment in the property industry.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the stamp duty holiday to mitigate the effect of logistical delays occurring during property transactions as a result of the covid-19 lockdown.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the stamp duty holiday on new homes in response to delays to building work due to the covid-19 lockdown.
Jane Stevenson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the July 2020 stamp duty holiday on the housing market; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Campbell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who have instructed solicitors to buy or sell a house to benefit from the stamp duty holiday after the deadline.
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when purchasing a property that is under construction whether the stamp duty holiday applies at the point of purchase of the property or at the point of completion of the construction.
Bambos Charalambous: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the stamp duty deadline in response to delays in completions resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.
Robert Jenrick: ...gone to great lengths to keep the whole industry open during the pandemic, sustaining hundreds of thousands of people’s jobs and livelihoods, while continuing to stimulate the market through our stamp duty cut. Covid will impact starts significantly, so we are taking steps to sustain activity, including delivering up to 180,000 homes through our £12 billion investment in affordable...
Alyn Smith: ...support mechanisms that have been announced. However, according to the House of Commons Library this afternoon, the UK Government have chosen to spend £3.3 billion of borrowed money on the stamp duty freeze, which is a vast subsidy to the middle classes who are buying and selling domestic property, who do not need subsidy. Does the Prime Minister regret prioritising that and excluding so...
Lord Clement-Jones: ...now been renamed “the children’s code”, and “Britain can lead the world in reining in the tech giants if we get the details right”, which refers to the proposals to introduce a new online duty of care. “CMA advises government on new regulatory regime for tech giants” refers to the new digital markets unit, and the CMA is referred to again in: “Google told to stamp out...
Lord Truscott: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reconsider the scheduled end of the Stamp Duty holiday on 31 March 2021.
Kim Johnson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the time limit for the repayment of the stamp duty surcharge on second properties where the property sale has been delayed due to (a) cladding and (b) EWS1 issues.