§ 51. Captain ERSKINE-BOLSTasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Crown proposes to carry to the High Courts the adverse verdict to the Inland Revenue in the appeal against the decision of the lower court exempting payments for a ticket of admission for a non-bather to a bathing pool at Southport from the liability to Entertainments Duty?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe question whether this case should be taken to a Higher Court has not been decided.
§ 52. Mr. WHYTEasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that one group of 10 theatres in Great Britain incurred on the last year of operation losses amounting to £35,000 after having paid Entertainments Duty amounting to over £106,000; and whether, in view of the impossibility of operating indefinitely in such circumstances and the unemployment which would result if they ceased operation, he will consider this matter in connection with the forthcoming Budget?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAI note the information given by my hon. Friend, and I can assure him that in framing the forthcoming Budget all relevant considerations will be taken into account.