Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the link between stamp duty rates and house prices.

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a transaction tax paid on the purchase of the property in England or Northern Ireland. A range of complex factors influence house prices in the UK.

On SDLT, the Office for Budget Responsibility publishes its assumptions on the relationship between SDLT and property prices.