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Agriculture and Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to WPQ 80434 answered on 17 October 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals on the (a) minimum share rule, (b) upper limit on relief and (c) transferrable allowance in th

answeredDr Ellie ChownsTreasury

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Treasury
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
28 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to WPQ 80434 answered on 17 October 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals on the (a) minimum share rule, (b) upper limit on relief and (c) transferrable allowance in th

  2. 24 Nov 2025

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  3. 28 Nov 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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