Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR Costing Debate
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Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR Costing
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James Murray
The hon. Gentleman is a kindly man, too. I value the conversations that he and I have had outside the Chamber. People looking at this policy, and all our policies in the Budget, will recognise that we had to take difficult decisions, and will understand the context: our inheritance from the previous Government. We recognise the toughness of those decisions—they were not easy to make—but we prioritise balancing the public finances and economic stability, because that is how we get investment in growth, which our country so badly needs.
Mr Speaker
Mr Dickson, I think you were very late. I would not want to embarrass you by allowing you to ask a question.