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BARRATT HOMES AND NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 260: tabled on 13 January 2000

Tabled in the 1999-00 session.

This motion has been signed by 20 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. The tabling Member has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This motion has subsequently been withdrawn by the tabling Member.

Motion text

That this House strongly condemns the action of Barratt Homes Limited in retaining ú18,000 in non-refundable deposits from prospective home-buyers at the Chamberlayne Walk development at Preston Road in Brent North without advising them that they themselves had no legally registered title to the land and that this would make it impossible to secure a mortgage on the property, thereby forfeiting the deposit; regards such sharp practice as contrary to the basic principles laid down in Section 110 of the Land Registry Act 1925, and as a scam perpetrated on people who paid deposits in good faith; and urges Barratt Homes to refund the deposits forthwith.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.