Thank you for contacting me about the Labour Government’s devastating family farm death tax.
The announcement from the UK Labour Government to introduce a family farm tax will be detrimental to the future of farming in Wales. In addition to this, food security will be threatened, and food prices will rise.
Along with the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme and anti-farming agenda, this new family farm death tax means we now have two Labour Governments on each end of the M4 working in tandem to destroy farming in Wales.
The Welsh Conservatives have always been supportive of Welsh farmers, and will continue to fight for them.
Whilst Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief are not devolved to the Senedd, we are challenging these changes and supporting our Welsh industries.
As a show of solidarity, the Welsh Conservative MSs wore their welly boots to the Senedd on the day of the Westminster protests.
The Conservatives have created a petition against the family farm death tax which will be presented to the Labour Party before Christmas. You can sign the petition here: https://www.stopthefarmtax.com/
As Welsh Conservatives, we also brought forward a Senedd motion on Wednesday 27th November, calling on the UK Labour Government to reverse its decision to impose a family farm tax on agricultural businesses. Unfortunately, Welsh Labour chose not to support our Welsh farmers, and voted against this motion.
Please be assured that my Welsh Conservative colleagues and I will continue to stand up and fight for our Welsh farmers.
Once again, thank you for raising this issue with me.