Question follow-through · 56360

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Business Property Relief on family-owned manufacturing businesses.

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Treasury
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Business Property Relief on family-owned manufacturing businesses.

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    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, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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