Stamp Duty Land Tax Bill

As the Minister points out, this change will result in savings for the vast majority of people pu...

There may be a slight impact on house prices, but we must put that in context. Many factors deter...

Will the Minister comment on the impact on revenue? He may collect more revenue where rates have ...

That is not our assessment. My right hon. Friend is an eloquent and distinguished advocate of the...

I stress again how welcome the change has been for residents in St Albans, particularly at the lo...

All these matters are kept under review. My hon. Friend has been a consistent and doughty campaig...

I join my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Mrs Main) in welcoming the provisions, which will...

I am grateful for that observation from my right hon. Friend and constituency neighbour. I know w...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Riordan.

I thank the Minister for hi...

I am delighted that the hon. Lady and her party welcome measures that are intended to help people...

I think that the Bill shows that the Government have accepted that properties with a very high va...

The hon. Lady mentioned the mansion tax. My constituents fear that the threshold might start at, ...

I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me an opportunity to tell his constituents that ...

I will keep my remarks brief. I have spoken in each previous debate and do not have a great deal ...

First, may I remind the Committee that, as listed in the register of Members’ interests, I provid...

Does my right hon. Friend share the optimism that I feel, having talked to small businesses in my...

Yes, indeed there could.

This is difficult to predict, because all these things need to be ...

I thank all right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to this short debate on clause 1,...

I thank the Minister for giving way and for his very helpful clarification. It is worth putting i...

My hon. Friend brings me to an important point, which is that, over the course of this Parliament...

Are there not two obvious ways in which certain groups of people in the higher value properties d...

My right hon. Friend is right to say that there will be behavioural responses. Some people might ...

The clause provides for the new method of calculating SDLT introduced by the Bill to apply to tra...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

Let me start by thanking all right...

I thank the Minister and echo his thanks to Members from both sides of the House for the efficien...

I, too, support the Bill because it is a move in the right direction. I strongly welcome the deci...