Petition · past parliament
Backdate the stamp duty holiday to the actual budget for April.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
On the basis of the government advise to proceed with house purchases post lockdown, there are many people who responded to this advise and feel let down that the government did not make this change sooner to support them and have been caught out for up to £15,000 for a matter of a few weeks
Backdate stamp duty holiday to when the government advise house purchases could proceed
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 8 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.