Early day motion 266

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TAXATION OF SHOW-HOMES

  • Session: 1996-97
  • Date tabled: 27.11.1996
  • Primary sponsor: Peacock, Elizabeth
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    That this House notes that the new housing market is a vital sector of the British economy and that housebuilders are currently providing a wide range of products as prices which are extremely competitive; further notes that the price of buying a home is the largest single cost that most families will ever incur; notes that show-homes are an essential element of the marketing activities undertaken by housebuilders; believes that show-houses should be considered to be the demonstration stock of the industry or as unoccupied residential property; regrets the recent Rating Tribunal decision which has led to many local authorities deciding to tax such properties as business premises which are thus liable for the uniform business rate: notes that this decision saddles the emerging housing market with additional costs of some รบ5 million per annum: and invites Her Majesty's Government to bring forward proposals to reverse this unfair decision.

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Total number of signatures: 5

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Name Party Constituency Date Signed
Beggs, Roy Ulster Unionist Party East Antrim 28.11.1996
Jones, Nigel Liberal Democrats Cheltenham 10.12.1996
Winterton, Ann Conservative Party Congleton 28.11.1996
Winterton, Ann Independent Conservative Congleton 28.11.1996
Winterton, Nicholas [R] Conservative Party Macclesfield 27.11.1996