§ 103. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which automatic tide gauge on the River Hull is used when considering whether a flood warning should be issued; which authority owns this gauge; which official has charge of the gauge; to which authority he reports his observations of the gauge and other local flood factors prior to flooding in Hull; and which local official reports to the Central Forecasting Station at Dunstable.
Mr. VaneThe automatic tide gauges on the River Hull are not used in connection with flood warnings. Hull is not one of the ports at which tidal readings are taken for the official East Coast warning system and no information is passed to the Central Forecasting Office at Dunstable.
§ 104. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the height above Ordnance datum Newlyn of the new wharves to be built on the River Humber and River Hull, respectively, for the development at Sammy's Point; how much freeboard is to be provided above the 20th March flood level; and whether the River Hull height is to be the new height for both banks of the river to ensure flood prevention throughout the five mile lengths within the city boundary.
Mr. VaneI understand that the level of the new wharves at Sammy's Point is to be 18.50 feet above Ordnance datum Newlyn which is 2 ft. 6 ins. above the122W flood level of 20th March last. The River Board has not adopted a new height for the River Hull.