17643
1998-99
136
Harmonisation Of VAT On Empty Homes
Jonathan Shaw
1998-12-16
That this House deplores the waste of 800,000 empty homes in England and Wales; notes that to build a new home on a greenfield site VAT is zero-rated, yet to remove a long standing empty home, builders are charged the full rate of 17.5 per cent.; calls on the Government to harmonize the VAT rates at 5 per cent. for new house building and the refurbishment of long standing empty homes; notes that placing these activities on a level playing field will provide the necessary incentive to the building industry and ensure a sustainable housing policy, which will help regenerate inner cities and protect the countryside; and further notes that the British Government Panel on Sustainable Development, the Civic Trust, the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Empty Homes Agency are among the many organisations supporting this proposal.
Jonathan R Shaw
1998-12-16
Proposed
Chatham & Aylesford
Labour
Adrian Sanders
1998-12-17
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Brian Sedgemore
1998-12-17
Signed
Hackney South & Shoreditch
Labour
Alan Simpson
1998-12-17
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Laura Moffatt
1998-12-17
Signed
Crawley
Labour
John Cryer
1998-12-17
Signed
Hornchurch
Labour
Jane Griffiths
1998-12-17
Signed
Reading East
Labour
John Austin
1998-12-17
Signed
Erith & Thamesmead
Labour
Paul Tyler
1998-12-17
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Ann Cryer
1999-01-11
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Rudi Vis
1999-01-11
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour
Bob Russell
1999-01-12
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Kelvin Hopkins
1999-01-12
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Ashok Kumar
1999-01-12
Signed
Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
Labour
Martin Caton
1999-01-12
Signed
Gower
Labour
Clive Efford
1999-01-12
Signed
Eltham
Labour
Joan Walley
1999-01-12
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Lynne Jones
1999-01-13
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Tom Brake
1999-01-13
Signed
Carshalton & Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Paul Burstow
1999-01-13
Signed
Sutton & Cheam
Liberal Democrat
Eric Clarke
1999-01-13
Signed
Midlothian
Labour
Tony Clarke
1999-01-13
Signed
Northampton South
Labour
Jim Cousins
1999-01-13
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Labour
David Drew
1999-01-13
Signed
Stroud
Labour Co-operative
Mike Hancock
1999-01-13
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
David Taylor
1999-01-13
Signed
North West Leicestershire
Labour Co-operative
Evan Harris
1999-01-14
Signed
Oxford West & Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
David Kidney
1999-01-14
Signed
Stafford
Labour
Gordon Marsden
1999-01-14
Signed
Blackpool South
Labour
Valerie Davey
1999-01-18
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Michael Jabez Foster
1999-01-18
Signed
Hastings & Rye
Labour
Andrew George
1999-01-19
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
John Wilkinson
1999-01-20
Signed
Ruislip - Northwood
Conservative
Lawrie Quinn
1999-01-21
Signed
Scarborough & Whitby
Labour
Tony McWalter
1999-01-21
Signed
Hemel Hempstead
Labour Co-operative
Brian Iddon
1999-01-25
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Robert Marshall-Andrews
1999-01-25
Signed
Medway
Labour
Karen Buck
1999-01-25
Signed
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Vincent Cable
1999-01-25
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Julia Drown
1999-01-25
Signed
South Swindon
Labour
Bill Etherington
1999-01-25
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Jim Cunningham
1999-01-26
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Ronnie Fearn
1999-01-26
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Paul Truswell
1999-01-28
Signed
Pudsey
Labour
Oona King
1999-02-01
Signed
Bethnal Green & Bow
Labour
Andrew Stunell
1999-02-02
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Nick Harvey
1999-02-03
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Marsha Singh
1999-02-04
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Peter Pike
1999-02-09
Signed
Burnley
Labour
Nick Palmer
1999-02-09
Signed
Broxtowe
Labour
Bill Rammell
1999-02-09
Signed
Harlow
Labour
Christine Russell
1999-02-09
Signed
Chester, City of
Labour
Martin Salter
1999-02-09
Signed
Reading West
Labour
Ivan Henderson
1999-02-09
Signed
Harwich
Labour
John Horam
1999-02-09
Signed
Orpington
Conservative
Nigel Jones
1999-02-09
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
David Lepper
1999-02-09
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Labour Co-operative
Ken Livingstone
1999-02-09
Signed
Brent East
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
1999-02-09
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
Andrew Love
1999-02-09
Signed
Edmonton
Labour Co-operative
John McDonnell
1999-02-09
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour
Bill Michie
1999-02-09
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Labour
Doug Naysmith
1999-02-09
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour Co-operative
Bill Olner
1999-02-09
Signed
Nuneaton
Labour
Martin O'Neill
1999-02-09
Signed
Ochil
Labour
Peter Bradley
1999-02-09
Signed
Wrekin, The
Labour
Colin Breed
1999-02-09
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Christine Butler
1999-02-09
Signed
Castle Point
Labour
David Chaytor
1999-02-09
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Michael Clapham
1999-02-09
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
Labour
Paul Clark
1999-02-09
Signed
Gillingham
Labour
Ann Clwyd
1999-02-09
Signed
Cynon Valley
Labour
Brian Cotter
1999-02-09
Signed
Weston-Super-Mare
Liberal Democrat
Tom Cox
1999-02-09
Signed
Tooting
Labour
Lawrence Cunliffe
1999-02-09
Signed
Leigh
Labour
David Curry
1999-02-09
Signed
Skipton & Ripon
Conservative
Edward Davey
1999-02-09
Signed
Kingston & Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Geraint Davies
1999-02-09
Signed
Croydon Central
Labour
Hilton Dawson
1999-02-09
Signed
Lancaster & Wyre
Labour
Janet Dean
1999-02-09
Signed
Burton
Labour
Andrew Dismore
1999-02-09
Signed
Hendon
Labour
Howard Flight
1999-02-09
Signed
Arundel & South Downs
Conservative
Don Foster
1999-02-09
Signed
Bath
Liberal Democrat
Neil Gerrard
1999-02-09
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Ian Gibson
1999-02-09
Signed
Norwich North
Labour
Llin Golding
1999-02-09
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Labour
Eileen Gordon
1999-02-09
Signed
Romford
Labour
Donald Gorrie
1999-02-09
Signed
Edinburgh West
Liberal Democrat
Richard Allan
1999-02-09
Signed
Sheffield, Hallam
Liberal Democrat
John Grogan
1999-02-09
Signed
Selby
Labour
Norman Baker
1999-02-09
Signed
Lewes
Liberal Democrat
Bob Blizzard
1999-02-09
Signed
Waveney
Labour
Paul Stinchcombe
1999-02-09
Signed
Wellingborough
Labour
Howard Stoate
1999-02-09
Signed
Dartford
Labour
Mark Todd
1999-02-09
Signed
South Derbyshire
Labour
Desmond Turner
1999-02-09
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Jim Wallace
1999-02-09
Signed
Orkney & Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Robert Wareing
1999-02-09
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Steve Webb
1999-02-09
Signed
Northavon
Liberal Democrat
Phil Willis
1999-02-09
Signed
Harrogate & Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
David Winnick
1999-02-09
Signed
Walsall North
Labour
Audrey Wise
1999-02-09
Signed
Preston
Labour
Derek Wyatt
1999-02-09
Signed
Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Labour
Frank Field
1999-02-15
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Mike Wood
1999-02-16
Signed
Batley & Spen
Labour
Alan Keen
1999-02-22
Signed
Feltham & Heston
Labour Co-operative
Terry Davis
1999-07-21
Signed
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Labour