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Home Information Packs (No. 2)

EDM number 1528 in 2008-09, proposed by Grant Shapps on 19/05/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Housing.

That this House believes that home information packs (HIPs) are having an adverse effect on the current housing market; notes with concern the recent evidence that the cost of home information packs is being artificially inflated by pack providers and estate agents; recognises that the housing industry has pronounced them unhelpful for buyers and sellers; further notes that at the end of the first day of marketing last month the National Association of Estate Agents said 65 per cent. of estate agents questioned thought the new arrangements would discourage sellers from putting their homes up for sale, and 89 per cent. did not think they would benefit buyers; further notes that the Government's own statistics had shown that 77 per cent. of people paid no attention to HIPs when deciding whether or not to buy a property; further notes with concern that in many areas of the sale and rental industry the home information pack legislation is being routinely ignored; and calls on the Government to use its powers to suspend home information packs immediately, and then introduce primary legislation to scrap them completely.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Grant Shapps19/05/2009Welwyn HatfieldConservativeProposed
Caroline Spelman19/05/2009MeridenConservativeSeconded
Bob Neill19/05/2009Bromley and ChislehurstConservativeSeconded
Justine Greening19/05/2009PutneyConservativeSeconded
Paul Goodman19/05/2009WycombeConservativeSeconded
Philip Dunne19/05/2009LudlowConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink19/05/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Lee Scott19/05/2009Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton20/05/2009East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton20/05/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson20/05/2009EastbourneConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley20/05/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis20/05/2009New Forest EastConservativeSigned
David Wilshire21/05/2009SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson21/05/2009PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss01/06/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Michael Penning01/06/2009Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Edward Vaizey01/06/2009WantageConservativeSigned
Graham Stuart01/06/2009Beverley and HoldernessConservativeSigned
Greg Hands01/06/2009Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeSigned
Philip Davies01/06/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
James Gray02/06/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Michael Gove02/06/2009Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd03/06/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Peter Viggers03/06/2009GosportConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames08/06/2009Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Steve Webb09/06/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Wright23/06/2009Rugby and KenilworthConservativeSigned
Dominic Grieve21/07/2009BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan13/10/2009Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser28/10/2009South West NorfolkConservativeSigned

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