§ 3. Mr. DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the members of the Provincial Entertainment Proprietors' and Managers' Association, Limited, of Manchester, who own and control 86 cinema theatres in the large provincial centres of Great Britain, in which several millions of British capital is invested, has no representative on the Advisory Committee appointed under the Cinematograph Films Act of 1927; and will he, in making any further appointments to this Committee, give this association an opportunity of nominating one or more members to represent the exhibitors?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI would refer the hon. Member to the answers which I have already given him on this subject.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODAre we to understand that the Provincial Entertainment Proprietors' and Managers' Association is barred from representation on this Committee by reason of the fact that they have succeeded in amending the Bill of last year?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERNot in the least. The hon. and gallant Gentleman has had a great number of answers on this matter. What I did was to invite the trade union concerned, which covers this as well as other organisations, to suggest names. They took a ballot of a number of their members, including one gentleman who was a member of this organisation.
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERHappily this was an all-embracing union.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs it not a fact that this particular union was not fully embraced in the other union?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTEROf course, a minority could not control a majority, but the vote in this case was taken with the fullest publicity and complete freedom
Mr. BECKETTAre we to understand now that the right hon. Gentleman will deal only with the all-embracing union in the mining industry?