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Petition · past parliament

Make Imperial weights and measures legal again.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Recognise Imperial weights and measures alongside the current metric ( SI ?) Units.
Because many people still use imperial units which are convenient and easy to use - including the USA one of our biggest trading partners.

Imperial measurement is part of our culture and should be recognised.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Change the official units of measurement from Metric back to Imperial

Timeline

27 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Dec 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.