Budget Resolutions Debate

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Wednesday 30th October 2024

(1 day, 16 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Brian Mathew Portrait Brian Mathew (Melksham and Devizes) (LD)
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Many Members have welcomed aspects of today’s Budget, and I do, too, especially the additional funding for the NHS and for school rebuilding in the face of the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis. However, the impact on small farms that are slightly larger than the £1 million threshold will be devastating and will see family-owned farms in my constituency, and no doubt across the UK, selling out to big business as inheritance tax literally tears them apart. I urge the Government to think again on that before it breaks up family farms, threatens food security and destroys communities.