RAMSBOTTOM MP David Nuttall has prompted the House of Commons to guarantee the future of Britain’s imperial measurement system.
The Bury North Conservative questioned Lord Geoffrey Howe’s suggestion that the UK scrap the old units and embrace the metric system before this summer’s Olympics.
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