Catherine Fookes

Catherine Fookes

Labour — Monmouthshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 November 2024

Debate

Budget: Implications for Farming Communities

Contribution

In my constituency of Monmouthshire, farmers are anxious and worried. Will my hon. Friend seek to reassure small family farmers by spelling out the figures? Last week, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury said: “these exemptions mean that if someone has no other assets and is passing it on to a direct descendant, a farm or farming business worth up to £2 million can be passed on without paying any inheritance tax at all.”—[Official Report, 31 October 2024; Vol. 755, c. 1036.]

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