§ Mr. BRANCH (Middlesex, Enfield)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board if he is aware that machines are being sold for automatically filling bottles with milk, such bottles, which are sold retail, containing less than the standard quantity of milk; and whether he can take steps to ensure that the use of such machines and the sale of milk from such bottles shall be illegal.
§ THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY,) DevonportThere is no standard bottle measure, and the use for trade of bottles not marked with a legal denomination is lawful under Section 22 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1878.