§ Mr. Gorstasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress he has made in achieving rationalisation of prepacked quantities of detergents.
§ Mr. EmeryThe industry plans to adopt a range of standard carton sizes for powdered detergents that will have a simple size progression of 1, 2, 3 and 5. This range is likely to be adopted as a Western European standard. For each individual brand, carton weights will be in the same progression but since densities of detergents vary widely inter-brand comparisons by weight will be less specific. The proposed new carton sizes, which will be progressively introduced from January 1975, have been discussed and agreed with my Department and with a wide range of consumer interests.