§ Captain WRIGHTasked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to enable our manufacturers and merchants more easily and successfully to compete with rival nations, he will introduce into Parliament at an early date legislation establishing the decimal system of coinage, weights, and measures throughout the British Isles?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe subject is a very complex one, and I cannot at736W present hold out any prospect of early legislation in regard to it; but my hon. Friend's suggestion will, of course, receive consideration.