Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kirsty McNeill and Luke Evans

Wednesday 9th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Kirsty McNeill]

Our message to the farming community, including the National Farmers Union of Scotland—I meet its representatives regularly and, indeed, spoke at its annual conference—is that there has to be fairness in the Government’s approach to the public finances. The latest figures from 2021-22 show that 40% of the value of agricultural property relief went to just 7% of claimants, which is neither fair nor sustainable.

[Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth) (Con)]

6. What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v. The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 on women in Scotland.