§ 72. Mr. DENVILLEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the revenue from Entertainments Duty on living entertainments amounts to, approximately, 17 per cent. of the total annual revenue from that tax, or less than £1,250,000, and that such sum is at present expended on the annual cost of unemployment benefit and assistance awarded to the 23,000 actors, actresses, stage hands, musicians, and other theatrical employés who are now out of work, he will consider abolishing at an early date the remaining tax on living entertainments?
§ Mr. DAYWill the right hon. Gentleman receive a deputation in order to lay all the facts before him?