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tabling member › label	Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma
answer › answering member constituency	Rochester and Strood

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20/06/2019

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Measurement: Metrication

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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of switching to metric measurements for distance.

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Ealing, Southall

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Mr Virendra Sharma

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267291

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is ministerial correction

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26/06/2019

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Metric units are the legal units for all measurement of length other than for road traffic signs, distance and speed measurements where the mile, yard, foot and inch are the primary units of measurement. The use of units of measurement for these purposes is a matter for the Department of Transport.

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Rochester and Strood

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Kelly Tolhurst

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26/06/2019 11:52:10

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Rochester and Strood

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Kelly Tolhurst

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4487

	label	Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

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	label	Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma