James Murray

James Murray

Labour (Co-op) — Ealing North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 December 2024

Debate

Farming and Inheritance Tax

Contribution

I have given way already, so I am going to make some progress. The reforms should be seen in the context of the significant existing support for the farming industry in the wider tax system, including the exemption from business rates for agricultural land and buildings, the ongoing entitlement for vehicles and machinery used in agriculture to use rebated diesel and biofuels, and the exemption from the plastic packaging tax for the plastic film used to produce silage bales. On top of that, farmers are able to add together their profits from farming over two to five years and be taxable on the average of those profits, building flexibility into their tax arrangements for difficult years and unexpected challenges.

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