Written questions

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 89022 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of not implementing the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief for farmers in the Autumn Budget 2025.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 18 Nov 2025

The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce t...