Rejected petition re instate the imperial system as our primary measurement system

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every product sold in the uk should have measurements in the imperial with exceptions for specialist fields.
have both imperial and metric taught in schools . i believe that 1lb is easier than 500g to understand as the metric measurements are too small for everyday consumer use .

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Date submitted 11 August 2011
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