HC Deb 02 May 1978 vol 949 cc46-8W
Mr. Tim Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what organisations he has consulted in connection with the subject matter of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Goods) (Termination of Imperial Quantities) Order 1978 and the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Potatoes) Order 1978; what representations have been made to him by such organisations; and if he is satisfied that there is general support for the change to metric units from imperial units amongst consumers and trade organisations.

Mr. John Fraser

The organisations listed below were consulted on these orders. Consultations on the potatoes order produced requests from retailers, consumers and local authority associations for the inclusion of 25kg packs in the prescribed range of metric quantities. This was done. The proposals contained in the various goods order were unanimously agreed. There is therefore general support from trade and consumer organisations for these orders.

ORGANISATIONS CONSULTED

  • British Potato Consortium.
  • National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades Limited.
  • Potato Marketing Board.
  • National Joint Council of British Potato and Vegetable Merchants Association.
  • Scottish Potato Trade Association.
  • National Farmers Union.
  • Rex Bigham and Company.
  • Producer Packaging and Marketing Association Limited.
  • Safeway Food Stores Ltd.
  • National Federation of Fish Friers.
  • Thomas Boag & Company Limited.
  • Paper Sack Development Association Limited.
  • Retail Food Confederation.
  • Pre-packed Flour Association.
  • Carltona Ltd.
  • CPC (UK) Ltd.
  • Brown Polson Division.
  • Pearce Duff Ltd.
  • The London Flour Trade Association.
  • Grain and Feed Trade Association.
  • UK Rice Milling Association.
  • Scottish Flour Millers Association.
  • Tunnel Refineries Ltd.
  • Boots Co. Ltd.
  • Scottish Flour Trade Association.
  • R H M Foods Ltd.
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  • Inc. National Association of British and Irish Millers Ltd.
  • Batchelors Food Ltd.
  • Whitworths Holdings Ltd.
  • Co-operative Wholesale Society.
  • Swelfoods Ltd.
  • Erin Foods.
  • Heinz-Erin Ltd.
  • Food Manufacturers Federation.
  • National Dried Fruit Trade Association.
  • S. Daniels Ltd.
  • S and M Berisford Ltd.
  • George Harker and Co. Ltd.
  • Princes Foods Ltd.
  • Processed Plant Association.
  • Food Manufacturers Federation.
  • James Marshall (Glasgow) Ltd.
  • Turban Foods Ltd.
  • Retail Distributors Association Incorporated.
  • Retail Food Confederation.
  • Scottish Retail Federation.
  • Retail Consortium.
  • Retail Joint Trade Federation.
  • Scottish Grocers' Federation.
  • Ulster Wholesale Grocers' Association.
  • Wholesale Grocers' Association of Scotland.
  • Consumers' Association.
  • Consumer Standards Advisory Committee British Standards Institution.
  • National Association of Health Stores.
  • Co-operative Women's Guild.
  • Good Housekeeping Institute.
  • National Association of Women's Clubs.
  • National Association of Citizen's Advice Bureaux.
  • National Consumer Protection Council.
  • National Consumer Council.
  • The National Council of Women of Great Britain.
  • National Federation of Consumer Groups.
  • National Federation of Women's Institutes.
  • Association of British Chambers of Commerce.
  • Co-operative Union Limited—Parliamentary Committee.
  • UK Provision Trade Federation.
  • London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  • The Mail Order Traders Association of Great Britain.
  • Multiple Food & Drink Retailers Association.
  • Multiple Shops Federation.
  • National Chamber of Trade.
  • National Council of the Wholesale Provisions Trade.
  • National Federation of Wholesale Grocers and Provisions Merchants.
  • National Food and Drink Federation.
  • National Union of Small Shopkeepers of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • Institute of Grocery Distribution.
  • Retail Trading Standards Association.
  • Voluntary Group Association.
  • Confederation of British Industry.
  • Department of Commerce, Northern Ireland.
  • Department of Consumer Affairs, States of Guernsey.
  • Weights and Measures Dept, Douglas, I O M.
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  • Department of Weights and Measures, Jersey, Channel Islands.
  • Automatic Vending Association of Britain.
  • British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association.
  • Institute of Food Science and Technology of UK.
  • National Union of Townswomen's Guild.
  • Scottish Co-operative Women's Guild.
  • Scottish Women's Rural Institute.
  • Women's National Commission.
  • Age Concern.
  • Association of County Councils.
  • Association of District Councils.
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities.
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
  • Local Authorities Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards.
  • Institute of Trading Standards Administration.
  • Metrology & Quality Standards Committee.
  • Institute of Trading Standards Administration.
  • Trades Union Congress.
  • Environmental Health Officers Association.
  • British Standards Institution.
  • London Boroughs Association.