During the first Treasury questions of the new parliamentary session, MPs repeatedly urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to meet industry leaders and rethink the policy, which is due to take effect in April 2026. David Chadwick, Liberal Democrat MP, set the tone by asking why 'farmers are being forced to pay for bad governance', and pressed the chancellor to meet the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). Fellow Conservative John Cooper highlighted the 'dreadful human impact' on farm families in his constituency and cited a CenTax report urging reforms that protect working farms. Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper renewed her call for a 'family farm test', based on French and Irish models, to block large equity firms from exploiting tax breaks while safeguarding family holdings. The NFU said its Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign would now target the Finance Bill, warning the measure threatens to do 'great damage to British agriculture'.