§ MR. WILLIAM ALLEN (Newcastle-under-Lyme)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it has been brought before his notice that the Inspector of Weights and Measures at Lincoln has refused to pass a number of measures from the Potteries though they were stamped; and if he will issue instructions to prevent such occurrences in the future?
§ MR. BRYCEThe Board of Trade are not aware that the Inspector of Weights and Measures at Lincoln has refused to pass stamped measures from the Potteries, but they have had brought to their notice a case in which the same Inspector has refused to pass measures stamped in another district. The law provides that a measure duly stamped by an Inspector shall be a legal measure throughout the United Kingdom, unless found to be false or unjust, and shall not be liable to be re-stamped, because used in any place other than that in which it was originally stamped. If the hon. Member will send me the particulars of the case, I will communicate with the Local Authority at Lincoln, but the Board of Trade are not empowered to issue instructions in the matter.