MPs debated stamp duty and the housing market
4 September 2014
On Thursday 4 September MPs debated stamp duty and the housing market. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee.
Watch the debate and read the transcript
The debate took place in Committee Room 10, Palace of Westminster and was opened by Anne Main, Conservative MP for St Albans. Shadow Treasury Minister, Shabana Mahmood, responded to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, responded to the debate on behalf of the Government.
- Watch Parliament TV: MPs debate stamp duty and the housing market, on Thursday 4 September 2014
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How the subject for debate was selected
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee, following representations from Anne Main, Stephen Pound, Dominic Raab and John Redwood for a debate on stamp duty and the UK housing market at the meeting on Tuesday 1 July 2014. The debate was announced following the public meeting on 15 July.
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Backbench Business Committee
The Backbench Business Committee meets weekly on Tuesdays at 3pm to consider requests for debates from any backbench Members of Parliament on any subject, including those raised in e-petitions or national campaigns.
An MP must make a representation before the Committee for an e-petition or petition to be debated; e-petitions exceeding the Government's 100,000 signature threshold are not automatically allocated backbench time.
The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.
Westminster Hall relocation: September 2014
For the two weeks of the September sitting all sittings of the House in Westminster Hall (the Grand Committee Room) will take place in Committee Room 10 on the Main Committee Corridor.
This is to allow stair-free access to these sittings to be maintained while works are carried out to the lift serving the Grand Committee Room. Sittings will return to the Grand Committee Room from October.