§ Mrs. Doris Fisherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to announce the timetable for the application of metrication to food.
§ Mr. GodberThe White Paper, Metrication (Cmnd. 4880) makes it clear that it is the Government's policy to encourage voluntary progress towards metrication and the timing of the changeover in the case of individual foodstuffs is thus a matter primarily for the manufacturers concerned. But in the case of the commodities for which standard quantities are prescribed, legislation will be necessary before any changes can be made. I am in close touch with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry about this and consumers' representatives will be consulted in all cases before decisions are reached.