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  Opposition Day - Housing
  
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  @ MP voted aye to introduce a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and to call on the Government to create jobs.
  @ MP voted no against introducing a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, against making planned investment sooner, against reducing VAT on home improvements and against calling on the Government to create jobs.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against introducing a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, against making planned investment sooner, against reducing VAT on home improvements and against calling on the Government to create jobs.
  
  The text of the motion rejected by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' that England faces a housing crisis;
  :''further notes'' with concern that housing starts, including for affordable housing, are down, and that homelessness and rough sleeping have increased under this Government;
  :''further notes'' that the collapse in house building and contraction in construction are a major cause of the double-dip recession;
  :''believes'' that the Government needs to take urgent action to get the economy and house building going again; and 
  :''calls on the Government'' to introduce a tax on bankersâ
  bonuses to fund the building of 25,000 additional affordable homes, to bring forward infrastructure investment, including for housing, and to cut VAT on home improvements, repairs and maintenance to five per cent for one year to help homeowners and create jobs.
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