HC Deb 13 March 2002 vol 381 cc1088-9W
Mr. David

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans the Government have to stop the practice of gazumping. [42612]

Ms Keeble

We believe the answer to the problems caused by gazumping lie in increasing transparency and speeding up the home buying and selling process. That is what our proposals for sellers' packs will achieve. Sellers' packs will bring about earlier certainty and reduce the period of time during which gazumping can occur. The necessary legislation for this will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows.