Written question asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 March 2001. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Monday, 19 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Dept of Trade and Industry
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the number of imperial weighing machines still in use in the United Kingdom. - Inc figures.
- Answer
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Mr. Nigel Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the number of imperial weighing machines still in use in the United Kingdom. [154134] Dr. Howells: There are approximately 160,000 weighing machines in use for the sale of goods loose at the point of sale. The Department understands that nearly 130,000 are now metric and that just over 30,000 are still imperial.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 154134; 365 c4W
- Session
- 2000-01
- Subjects
- EU law Metrication Retail trade Weighing equipment
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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