HC Deb 23 November 1936 vol 318 cc29-30
48. Mr. DUNCAN

asked the Lord President of the Council in what manner the Privy Council directed that the money received by the Cinematograph Fund should be applied in 1933, 1934, and 1935; and to what persons or institutions it was distributed?

Mr. RAMSAY MacDONALD

The moneys standing to the credit of the Cinematograph Fund have been applied in the manner prescribed in the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932. Payments have been made to the Film Institute, on the direction of the Privy Council, of £5,000 in 1934 and £6,000 in 1935. The only other payments made out of the fund have been in respect of the cost of administration, which is slightly less than £100 for each of these years. No payments were made in 1933.

Mr. R. C. MORRISON

What is the present balance in the fund?

Mr. MacDONALD

I should prefer notice of that question.

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