Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 27 July 1983.
Mr Alexander Fletcher
, Edinburgh Central
12:00,
27 July 1983
I disagree with the hon: Gentleman, specifically on petrol and on the Government's duty to give a lead. The Government have facilitated the changeover to the metric system, but we believe that it should remain on a voluntary basis and that individual sectors of industry and consumers should have a strong say as to which system they operate.