§ Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is taking to ensure that a freeboard of at least 12 inches above the March, 1961, flood level is provided for all wharves on the River Hull, in order to prevent large-scale flooding of residential and industrial properties at the next equinoctial high-water spring tides in March, 1965.
§ Mr. HoyI understand from the Hull and East Yorkshire River Board that all the wharves are now up to or above the high water levels recorded in March, 1961. The predicted high water at Hull Mouth of the equinoctial tides on 18th March, 1965, is 12.5 O.D. Newlyn, and the wharves have been raised to cope with a tidal high water of 16.0 O.D. Newlyn. In order to consider the provision of an additional margin of safety their engineer has been instructed to investigate further the possibility of constructing a barrage at the mouth of the River Hull.