§ 135. Colonel Ropnerasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that about 200 houses in the vicinity of Main Street and Victoria Street, Allerton By-water, are subject to flooding and are rendered uninhabitable on the ground floor at intervals, which are becoming increasingly shorter; and to what extent the Drainage Board is responsible, in whole or in part, for taking whatever steps are necessary to prevent further repetition of this danger to health and property.
§ Mr. CollickThere is no internal drainage board in this locality. The River Aire is, however, part of the main river of the River Ouse (Yorks) Catchment Board, and I am informed by the Board284W that a survey is now in progress with a view to the preparation of a scheme for the alleviation of flooding at Allerton Bywater.