Written Question·Treasury·UIN 75914

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on levels of domestic food production.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
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. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 75914) →