This is a reader's letter published in the Hereford Times on November 14.

AHEAD of the mass meeting organised by the NFU in London, against the inheritance tax bombshell dropped on farmers in this autumn’s Budget, and the Herefordshire demonstration in Ledbury on the same day for the same reason, I write with concern that neither our new MP for North Herefordshire, Ellie Chowns, nor her national party have issued, as of the date of writing, a public statement on the proposed tax policy.

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I appreciate this is a complex area but as an MP for a strongly agricultural constituency I believe Ms Chowns must come forward and share her position.

The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP have all voiced either opposition or strong concerns.

But Ms Chowns and the Green Party remain silent, perhaps for it, perhaps against. We don’t know.

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As an organic farmer who is trying to farm the right way alongside the river Arrow whilst also supplying organic porridge oats to our nation’s breakfast tables, I will be grateful for Ms Chowns’ support and her championship of British agriculture in Westminster.

But with time running out to persuade the Government to abandon or amend their new inheritance tax policy, there are few days or weeks left for deliberation.

AUBREY GREENE

Leominster