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answer › answer text	%3Cp%3EThe Government recognises that some traders and consumers prefer or are more familiar with imperial units. Traders are already permitted to use imperial units if they are used alongside metric in dual labelling and consumers can still request imperial quantities. There are currently no plans to make any further changes to the law in this area.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E %3C/p%3E
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418780

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15/09/2015

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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Business, Innovation and Skills

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Business, Innovation and Skills

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Measurement

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	pref label	House of Lords

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to permit traders to sell goods in imperial units if they and their customers so wish.

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Lord Blencathra

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HL2215

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is ministerial correction

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28/09/2015

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The Government recognises that some traders and consumers prefer or are more familiar with imperial units. Traders are already permitted to use imperial units if they are used alongside metric in dual labelling and consumers can still request imperial quantities. There are currently no plans to make any further changes to the law in this area.

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Baroness Neville-Rolfe

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28/09/2015 17:31:56

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	label	Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

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	label	Biography information for Lord Blencathra