§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will list the items of foodstuffs which at present are required to be sold in prescribed imperial quantities; and what will be the effect of the United Kingdom's obligations under the EEC on the existing legislation on this matter.
Mr. Alan WilliamsThe foodstuffs at present required to be sold in prescribed imperial quantities appear in Schedule 4 to the Weights and Measures Act 1963. Under the units of measurement directive we can retain imperial units of measure-
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