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Richard Wheeler

David Lammy says British pint ‘safe’ as MPs debate measurement legislation

A Bill was amended to provide protections to the imperial pint measure to ease fears over its future (PA) - (PA Archive)

The British pint is “safe” under the Government, according to the Foreign Secretary.

David Lammy offered assurances to MPs after he was asked to guarantee the “most glorious of British symbols” could not be abolished as a result of legislation being debated in Parliament.

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