Adjournment (Summer)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 July 1970.

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Photo of Mr James Wellbeloved Mr James Wellbeloved , Erith and Crayford 12:00, 23 July 1970

I am suggesting that this miserable Government will take the wrong decision about the best site for a Thames flood barrier. They will fall into line with the desires of the Greater London Council and place the barrier up-stream, somewhere at Blackwall Reach, leaving miles of London's riverside and thousands of Londoners exposed to the risk of flooding.