§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the cost of work being done in his Department to change all existing Statutory Instruments into metric measurements when necessary.
§ Mr. PeartThe intention is to amend existing Statutory Instruments to metric measure over the next few years, in a phased programme based on the requirements of the particular sector of the agricultural, fisheries and food industries.
The amendments will be preceded by consultations, the extent of which cannot be foreseen, with the organisations concerned. As far as possible, alterations will be made as other changes are required.
For these reasons, and because of the variety of Orders involved, it is not possible to calculate the cost to the Department of the proposed amendments.