Budget: Implications for Farming Communities

Bill Esterson Excerpts
Monday 4th November 2024

(2 weeks, 5 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Daniel Zeichner Portrait Daniel Zeichner
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We will back British farmers, by making sure that they have a stable system in which they can flourish.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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It is extraordinary that a small number of wealthy landowners have been using agricultural property relief to avoid inheritance tax. What is more extraordinary is how the Conservatives have defended tax avoidance in the way that they have. Will my hon. Friend confirm to the farmers in my constituency and across the country that the Budget will benefit family farmers through investment in public services as well as through the agriculture proposals?

Daniel Zeichner Portrait Daniel Zeichner
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My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Not only do those people seem to relish finding ways of creatively running their accounts, but some of them even take money to write columns about it.