Debate contribution: Farm Businesses: Inheritance Tax and National Insurance

Debate contribution by Mr William Irwin on 13 May 2025.

MLA: Mr William Irwin
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 13 May 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Farm Businesses: Inheritance Tax and National Insurance
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4948001

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I thank the Minister for her response. I am sure that the Minister will accept that the agri-food sector is the backbone of the Northern Ireland economy, yet farm families are staring down the barrel of a double hit of inheritance tax, which threatens our young people's succession, and an increase in National Insurance costs, which is choking already tight margins. Does the Minister agree that those policies represent a direct threat to long-term rural viability and overall economic resilience in Northern Ireland? Will she commit to pressurising Westminster on those issues?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1306/22-27.

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