🌾 Petition

• Robin Swann from South Antrim, representing the Ulster Unionist Party, presented a petition against the removal of Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on inheritance tax for farms.
• The petition, backed by over 15,000 signatures from the Ulster Farmers’ Union, highlights the severe impact this change would have on family farms, particularly in Northern Ireland.
• The petition points out discrepancies in statistics between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland (DAERA) regarding the number of affected farms.
• The petition urges the House of Commons to push the Government and the Chancellor to meet with farming unions and take immediate action to maintain these tax reliefs.

The provided transcript does not display any disagreement. It is solely a presentation of a petition by Robin Swann concerning the removal of agricultural property relief and business property relief on inheritance tax on farms. The petition itself urges action but does not involve any debate, opposition, or disagreement within the session itself. There is no interaction with other members of the parliament or a government representative; hence, no conflicting views or arguments are presented. The text of the petition is read out as a statement of a position supported by a significant number of signatures, indicating consensus rather than disagreement on the issue among those who signed the petition. Therefore, given the lack of any evident disagreement or contention within the transcript, the session is rated at the lowest level on the disagreement scale.