§ Lord Tebbitasked Her Majesty's Government:
In what way the public interest is advanced by the creation of a criminal offence of selling potatoes by the pound weight.
§ Lord Fraser of CarmyllieSince the 1970s weights and measures legislation has by stages required products, including potatoes, sold by reference to quantity to adopt metric units. Potatoes may continue to be sold by the pound until the year 2000 where they are sold loose and are not pre-packed.