HC Deb 17 February 1978 vol 944 c393W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport by what year it will be illegal for new cars to be manufactured with speedometers registering miles per hour.

Mr. William Rodgers

There is no proposal to legislate to prohibit speedometers registering miles per hour, but many speedometers are already marked in both miles and kilometers and new cars manufactured on or after 1st October 1978 and coming into use on or after 1st April 1979 will be required to have speedometers marked in both ways.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from individuals and organisations opposing his decision to press ahead with metric measurements of road distances.

Mr. William Rodgers

I have made no such decision.