U.S.A. Films (Earnings)

HC Deb 29 April 1948 vol 450 cc605-6

61. Mr. Wyatt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount was earned and remitted to the U.S.A. during the year 1947, as earnings on U.S. films shown in the United Kingdom, by each of the following U.S. film companies: Paramount, Warner Brothers, R.K.O., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Columbia.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

I am afraid I cannot give particulars of the remittances of individual companies.

Mr. Wyatt

Does my right hon. Friend mean to say that there is no machinery available for ascertaining how much money is being remitted by each of these companies? If so, how does he propose to control their remittances under the agreement?

Mr. Glenvil Hall

My reply would not indicate that that is the position.