HC Deb 16 November 1951 vol 493 c74W
Sir H. Webbe

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to implement the recommendation on page 99 of the Report of the Committee on Weights and Measures Legislation, Command Paper No. 8219. relating to the standardisation of the size of bottles containing alcoholic liquor, and, in particular, to the legalisation of the denominations of ⅔pint and⅔quart being the normal quantities in which spirits are bottled.

Mr. P. Thorneycroft:

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave yesterday to the hon. Member for Leicester, North-West (Mr. Janner).