COMPULSORY METRICATION

Early day motion 205A1, tabled 17 January 2001 by Derek Wyatt (Labour). Signed by 7 members.

at end add ' and further notes that the current EU regulations do not apply to wholesalers who still supply their goods in pounds (lbs) and stones, causing retailers, especially family-owned butchers and fishmongers, to have to re-weigh them in grammes and kilos, thus making a mockery of the whole system.'.

Signatures by party: Labour 5, Liberal Democrat 1, UUP 1.