Metrication (Hansard, 27 January 2000)

HC Deb 27 January 2000 vol 343 c282W 282W

§ 20. Mr. Nicholas Winterton
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his policy on metrication. [105769]

§ Dr. Howells
The Government are taking forward the policy adopted by successive Governments since 1965 of overseeing the change to metric units as the primary system of measurement in the United Kingdom. A report by my Department on the progress since 1965, particularly for goods sold by weight or measure, was placed in the Library of the House on 23 July last year.