Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief Debate
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Ellie Chowns
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Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
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Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire) (Green)
Farmers in North Herefordshire welcome this change, as do I, but there are still huge problems with the policy: it does not even fix the tax loophole for people who buy up land to avoid tax, and it has created huge economic damage and heartache in farming communities. First, why did it take more than a year to listen to farmers’ voices? Secondly, will the Treasury please engage brain before announcing policy in future, and listen to and work with farming communities?
Dan Tomlinson
We will, of course, continue to engage with, listen to and work with farming communities on the policies that we are putting forward. It is interesting to see and hear that there is at least one wealth tax that the Green party does not support.