61. Mr. W. T. Williamsasked the President of the Board of Trade, when he will give, and what, guidance about the exact timing of the change to the metric system for retailing and commercial services in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. CroslandI have no statement to make at present. The Minister of Technology's Standing Joint Committee, which was set up to facilitate metrication in in
NUMBER OF TANKERS OF OVER 100,000 TONS DEADWEIGHT (i) registered in the United Kingdom*, and (ii) operating in the world At 31st December 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Registered in the United Kingdom … … Nil Nil 1 2 6 All Tankers … … … … … 4 5 12 30 56 * In addition, in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom one British tanker of this size was registered at end-1965 and end-1966, and two at end-1967.