§ Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the amount of freeboard above the 1961 flood level, on the River Humber bank, at the Humber road-Ings road proposed development site for 94 houses; and by how much the river bank will need to be raised to prevent new houses being flooded at similar high-water spring tides.
§ Mr. HoyI understand that, while full records are not available, it would seem that there is no freeboard above the 1961 flood level and that to give protection against a tide of this level the bank would need to be raised by perhaps 3 or 4 feet, and possibly strengthened.