§ 67. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the height, above the predicted level, of the mid-day high water on the River Hull, on Tuesday, 4th July; by how much this high tide was below flood level; and what were the reasons for an amber warning for the midnight tide, in view of the fact that tides were falling and that the midnight tide was below the mid-day one.
Mr. VaneThe mid-day high-water level on the River Hull on Tuesday, 4th July was 1 ft. 11 in. above prediction, At Hull mouth the high tide was 2 ft. 11 in. below the level specified in the Hull Corporation Act of 1925.
No amber warning was issued for this division covering Hull.
§ 68. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the number of warehouses on the River Hull, between North Bridge and the River Humber, with portable flood dams which are puddled in with clay; and what steps the Hull and East Yorkshire River Board intends to take to ensure that permanent flood barriers are fitted, to prevent flooding at the higher tides.
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Mr. VaneThere are twenty-three openings in warehouses on this stretch of the river with slots for the fitting of dam boards, some of which may be puddled in with clay. I have not been informed of any intended steps of the kind suggested in the second part of the Question.