HC Deb 22 May 1996 vol 278 cc270-1W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the outcome of the prior options review of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory. [30817]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The Government have accepted the review team's recommendations that NWML should remain an executive agency of DTI.

In reaching this decision the Government took into account the advantages of maintaining the existing integration between NWML's technical and policy functions, for which support has been received from industry.