§ 58. Sir FRANK MEYERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether there are in existence any commercial treaties with foreign nations the terms of which would preclude the imposition of a tax on foreign films shown in this country, calculated on the amount of the prices paid by exhibitors for hiring them?
§ Mr. A. M. SAMUEL (Secretary, Overseas Trade Department)I am advised that a tax on the exhibition of foreign films, which did not apply to British films, would be contrary to the provisions of several of our commercial treaties.