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Metrication (Distances)

Volume 942: debated on Monday 23 January 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport what are expected to be the advantages to the residents of Great Britain of substituting kilometres for miles under EEC Directives 71/354 and 76/770.

Apart from the advantages that attach to the metric system generally, an answer should await the period of consultation that will precede any decisions.