Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 115926

Houseboats: Inland Waterways

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

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

Emma Hardy
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...

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