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Houseboats: Inland Waterways

Commons · Question 115926 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2026

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Asked by Munira Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the position paper by the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities entitled The challenges around t

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 4 Mar 2026

Navigation authorities are not housing authorities. Defra will consider the matters raised in the Association of Inland Navigation Authorities position paper about the residential use of inland waterways, and will engage with the Ministry of Housing, Comm...