§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Energy if, in the light of the fact that he has not yet fixed any date for the adoption of metric units in the gas industry, he will make a full statement explaining the purpose of statutory instrument, The Gas (Declaration of Calorific Value) Amendment Regulations 1974 (SI 1974 No. 847).
§ Mr. StrangIn order to comply with our Community obligations these regulations removed an existing legal obstacle to the use here of gas meters from other EEC countries stamped in accordance with Community provisions. They do not, however, imply a decision by British Gas to install metric reading meters.