Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief Debate
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Luke Evans
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Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
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Dan Tomlinson
I cannot update my hon. Friend at this moment, but I would be happy to write to him on that point.
Dr Luke Evans (Hinckley and Bosworth) (Con)
The Government say they have been listening carefully, but they had 14 months and four votes to listen to the Opposition and the farming community. One question is: what changed the Government’s mind? The second question is: who made the decision—the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary, the Prime Minister or the Chancellor—and how long did they take to persuade the others to make that right decision?
Dan Tomlinson
Government decisions are made collectively. Yes, the Government have listened to farming communities and farming businesses, and to representatives of family businesses that would also have been affected by the £1 million BPR threshold, which was the same as the APR threshold.