Farming and Inheritance Tax Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Farming and Inheritance Tax

Chris Vince Excerpts
Wednesday 4th December 2024

(1 week, 1 day ago)

Commons Chamber
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Joe Morris Portrait Joe Morris
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The hon. Member is welcome to come and take a look at my diary at some point. On the Saturday after the Budget, I went to a farm. On the second Saturday after the Budget, I went to a farm. I then met with NFU members at my office in London. Believe me: Labour Members work their constituencies a lot harder than Tory Members.

Chris Vince Portrait Chris Vince (Harlow) (Lab/Co-op)
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I hope that my hon. Friend sees me as a fellow Labour MP who works his constituency hard and speaks to residents. Farmers tell me that they are concerned about rural crime. We can all agree that something that DEFRA has got right under the Labour Government is tackling rural crime, and the rural crime strategy in particular. Do farmers speak to him about that, as they do to me?