Metrication Board

Metrication Board
Metric Britain logo, Metrication Board

The Metrication Board was a non-departmental public body that existed in the United Kingdom to promote and coordinate metrication within the country and prepare the public for the change.[citation needed]

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History

In 1969, following a May 1965 decision to convert to the metric system, the President of the Board of Trade established the Metrication Board for the United Kingdom.[citation needed] The decision to convert resulted from widespread agitation by commerce and industry representatives in favour of the recommendation of the Committee on Weights and Measures (Hodgson Committee) in 1950.[citation needed]

In 1980, the Board was dissolved[who?] to reduce government spending.[clarification needed][citation needed]

Comparative institutions

Similar bodies were instituted in other jurisdictions around the world:

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