asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the approximate cost to the country of the conversion to the metric system.
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There is no estimate of this and any attempt to assess a total cost would be both onerous and unrealistic. I am satisfied, from my Department's contacts with industry, that in the great majority of cases the costs of metrication will be very low, either because all that is required is the adjustment or re-calibration of existing equipment or because, where re-equipment is necessary, it can be effected in the course of normal replacement which would be necessary in any event.
Is the Minister aware that they were able to determine the cost in Britain?
I am aware of the fact that they were not.
I thought they were.
They tried anyway.
And failed.