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Estate Duty (Historic Buildings)

Volume 828: debated on Tuesday 21 December 1971

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82.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will seek to exempt from estate duty historic buildings used as dwelling houses so long as they remain in the possession of the family of the deceased.

I do not think that tax relief for the cost of insuring privately owned works of art could be justified.