United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL12357
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
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26 November 2025
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9 December 2025 · Answer
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Agriculture
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9 December 2025
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to remove any financial incentive to commit suicide before April 2026 for elderly farmers, or farmers in poor health, arising from the inheritance tax provisions in the Budget.
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26 November 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to remove any financial incentive to commit suicide before April 2026 for elderly farmers, or farmers in poor health, arising from the inheritance tax provisions in the Budget.
Source: Lords
9 December 2025
Answer
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...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-26/HL12357
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1857652
- uk · wq-1857652 · source updated 9 December 2025