HC Deb 16 December 1980 vol 996 cc96-7W
Mr. Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will recommend a date by which metrication in the drapery and textile industry should be completed.

Mrs. Sally Oppenheim

Since the Government have no plans for imposing any further compulsory metrication, completion of the drapery and textile industry's voluntary programme is entirely in its own hands. I understand that it is changing to metric measurements voluntarily and hopes that any transition will be orderly and that consumers will not be confused or misled as a result.