§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the thresholds were last set for the stamp duty on property transfers; what would have been the level of those thresholds on 1 March 1979 had they been tied to the retail price index; what would have been the level of these thresholds had they been tied to an index of house prices since that date; if he has any plans to regionalise the rates and thresholds of this stamp duty; and what percentage of property transactions were liable to this stamp duty in each region in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.