Written Question·Treasury·UIN 43793

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 10 April 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on trends in levels of agricultural employment.

Answer

James Murray
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inherita...

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