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Housing

Commons · Question 40985 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to amend the Human Rights Act 1998 to provide a legal right to access adequate housing.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 28 Mar 2025

The Human Rights Act (HRA) is an important part of our constitutional arrangements and fundamental to human rights protections in the UK. The Government has no plans to amend the rights protected by the HRA, which are drawn from those in the European Conv...