Mr. Edward Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to take steps to ensure that houses and other land and property will be conveyed on the metric units of measurement; and what estimate he has made of the costs involved in such a change.
§ Mr. AmeryI expect the change to the use of metric units of measurement in conveyancing of houses, land and property to follow generally the programme for the change to metric in industry and some conveyancing is already being done in metric. No separate estimate of costs can be given but any additional costs on this account would be marginal.