HC Deb 27 January 1949 vol 460 c173W
Lady Tweedsmuir

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the standard content of a bottle of whisky used in the State public houses at Carlisle as compared with those sent for export.

Mr. Ede

The bottle used for spirits in the bottling stores in the State management districts is, that used in the home trade generally. The bottle, designated a "Spirit Quart," has a capacity of 5⅓ gills, or 26⅔ fluid ounces, and six such bottles go to the gallon (32 gills). So far as my information goes the same bottle is used in the export trade.