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HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersThe Government have assessed the impact of this policy. According to the estimates that we issued at the time of last year’s Budget, about 500 farms would pay additional tax as a…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for her time last week—it was good to meet her to talk about important issues affecting farmers and rural communities. On balance, the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersI would be happy to meet the hon. Member and Members from across Cornwall to discuss the issues raised in the letter to the Chancellor.04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersJust a few weeks ago, I met farmers to discuss this and other important issues. The Government believe that even though this tax is a difficult change—I do not shy away from that…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersI thank my hon. Friend for his question—he is a strong advocate in this place for his constituency and for farming communities. Just last week, he made the point to me that our…04 Nov 2025HANSARDAgricultural and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmersMinisters from Government Departments have met organisations including the National Farmers’ Union, the Tenant Farmers Association, the Country Land and Business Association, the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDScotch Whisky IndustryMy hon. Friend is a strong advocate for the businesses and industry in her constituency and in the areas nearby. As she is aware, the vast majority of Scotch is exported, so it is…04 Nov 2025HANSARDScotch Whisky IndustryThe Government value our world-leading distilling industry and recognise that the spirits sector has found recent economic conditions challenging because of both tariff…04 Nov 2025HANSARDHMRC Customer ServiceI thank the hon. Member for raising her constituent’s issue, and I would be happy for her to write to the Department about it. Even though it is not appropriate for me to get…04 Nov 2025HANSARDHMRC Customer ServiceI thank my hon. Friend for her service on the Treasury Committee; she is doing a sterling job as its Chair. This is a really important issue. Last year HMRC undertook a pilot to…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important to realise that changes to taxation, if they are unfunded, will mean additional borrowing. This Government will ensure that we do not return to austerity, as the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said earlier, the proposals made by CenTax and others in relation to agricultural property relief would result in twice as many farms paying more tax as are planned to do…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne important thing about the business rate reforms that the Government will undertake is that we support small businesses in growing and investing. They are the backbone of our…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will set out the changes that we will make to business rates at the Budget.04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAt the Budget we will set out clearly our proposals for the future of the energy profits levy and the oil and gas mechanism. We will ensure that we can provide the certainty to…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the end, when it comes to property taxation, we have to make sure that we have a fair and sustainable system that brings in revenues from a range of sources. Scrapping…04 Nov 2025HANSARDHMRC Customer ServiceI am not sure that the matter that the right hon. Member just raised has much to do with HMRC.04 Nov 2025HANSARDHMRC Customer ServiceMy hon. Friend is a very strong advocate for Telford, both for jobs in the private sector and for those in the public sector that we are able to support in his community. I am…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. The Government are fully committed to doing all they can to supporting the UK car industry to grow, invest and provide employment in…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the last Government, time and again, council tax went up and up and the funding for local councils went down and down. We have left councils on their knees, struggling when…04 Nov 2025