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.
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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. 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.
In 1980, the Board was dissolved to reduce government spending.
Similar bodies were instituted in other jurisdictions around the world: