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Houseboats: Inland Waterways

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

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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