HC Deb 29 April 1947 vol 436 c1720
49 and 50. Mr. Geoffrey Cooper

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make a statement on the method by which payment was made for the Odeon group of cinema theatres in Canada, for which it is understood 4,000,000 dollars was paid;

(2) what is the figure for the dollars earned and brought back to this country by the Rank Film Organisation from the U.S.A. since its attempt to enter the U.S. market, up to the latest convenient date.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

It is contrary both to precedent and to the public interest to disclose the details asked for by my hon Friend.