§ 52. Mr. Mabaneasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether Entertainments Duty is collected in respect of any variety entertainments or floor-shows staged by hotels, restaurants, and bottle parties, in addition to the London Casino?
§ Mr. MabaneDoes not my right hon. and gallant Friend think that these entertainments constitute a very unfair competition with the regular theatre, and will he not, in view of that fact, reconsider this matter to collect the Entertainments Duty from these shows?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ColvilleThe question of whether the duty can be collected in such cases is under examination, and I shall be very glad to have any first hand information which hon. Members can give me on the subject of such entertainments.