Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire since 2010

Dame Harriett Baldwin questions the Treasury Minister on the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast which shows that the farm inheritance tax will raise £500 million in revenue by 2029 which, in the context of tax revenues of over £1,150 billion, is a very small number and a huge risk to food security.

Dame Harriett Baldwin highlights the need for economic growth in rural areas and raises concerned that measures in the Chancellor’s Budget are having the opposite effect. 

Dame Harriett Baldwin calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to accept that last October’s Budget has caused business confidence and growth prospects in this country’s economy to plunge.