I have selected the amendment in the names of the Leader of the Opposition and her right hon. and hon. Friends to leave out from "That" to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof:this House, while recognising the necessity of an orderly change over to metrication where this is essential for commercial reasons, declines at a time of continuing High Inflation and Economic Crisis to give a second reading to a Bill for which there has been inadequate preparation on the part of the Government and which takes powers to phase out certain imperial measures beyond the requirements of the European Community Directive No.

I beg to move to leave out from "That" to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof:this House, while recognising the necessity of an orderly change over to metrication where this is essential for commercial reasons, declines at a time of continuing High Inflation and Economic Crisis to give a second reading to a Bill for which there has been inadequate preparation on the part of the Government and which takes powers to phase out certain imperial measures beyond the requirements of the European Community Directive No.

They also laid particular emphasis in the report on the need torecognise the special dangers inherent in introducing such a tax at a time of High Inflation and Economic Crisis.