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.