§ (1) Where the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, on an application made in such manner as they may direct, are satisfied that in any week beginning on a Sunday on or after the fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, the total amount of payments for admission received at any one cinematograph theatre (being payments to which this section applies) did not exceed three hundred and fifty pounds. then the entertainments duty chargeable in respect of those payments shall be reduced to such percentage of what that duty would have been, if this section had not been passed, as is shown in the Schedule (Reduction of entertainments duty on small weekly takings at cinematograph theatres) to
1346§ this Act, subject to such marginal relief as is shown in that Schedule.
§ (2) This section applies to payments for admission to entertainments consisting wholly or mainly of the exhibition of a cinematograph film or cinematograph films, being payments in respect of which, if this section had not been passed, duty would have been payable on the scale set out in Part III of First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1954.
§ (3) In this section the expression "cinematograph theatre" means premises licensed under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act, 1909.—[Mr. Rankin.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause be read a Second time:—
§ The Committee divided: Ayes 212, Noes 253.
| Division No.225.] | AYES | [9.9 p.m. |
| Ainsley, J. W. | Dye, S. | Lee, Miss Jennie (Cannock) |
| Albu, A. H. | Ede, Rt. Hon. J. C. | Lever, Leslie (Ardwick) |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | Lewis, Arthur |
| Allen, Arthur (Bosworth) | Edwards, W. J. (Stepney) | Lindgren, G. S. |
| Allen, Soholefield (Crewe) | Evans, Albert (Islington, S.W.) | Logan, D. G. |
| Anderson, Frank | Evans, Edward (Lowestoft) | Mabon, Dr. J. Dickson |
| Awbery, S. S. | Evans, Stanley (Wednesbury) | MacColl, J. E. |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Fernyhough, E. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Balfour, A. | Fienburgh, W. | McGovern, J. |
| Bellenger, Rt. Hon. F. J. | Fletcher, Eric | McInnes, J. |
| Bence, C. R. (Dunbartonshire, E.) | Forman, J. C. | McKay, John (Wallsend) |
| Benn, Hn. Wedgwood (Bristol, S.E.) | Fraser, Thomas (Hamilton) | McLeavy, Frank |
| Benson, G. | Gibson, C. W. | MacPherson, Malcolm (Stirling) |
| Beswick, F. | Gordon Walker, Rt. Hon. P. C. | Mahon, Simon |
| Bevan, Rt. Hon. A. (Ebbw Vale) | Grey, C. F | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) |
| Blackburn, F. | Griffiths, David (Bother Valley) | Mann, Mrs. Jean |
| Blenkinsop, A. | Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Lianelly) | Marquand, Rt. Hon. H. A. |
| Blyton, W. R. | Griffiths, William (Exchange) | Mason, Roy |
| Boardman, H. | Grimond, J. | Mayhew, C. P. |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Hale, Leslie | Messer, Sir F. |
| Bowden, H. W. (Leicester, S.W.) | Hall, Rt. Hn. Glenvil (Colne Valley) | Mikardo, Ian |
| Bowen, E. R. (Cardigan) | Hamilton, W. W. | Mitchison, G. R. |
| Bowles, F. G. | Hannan, W. | Monslow, W. |
| Boyd, T. C. | Harrison, J. (Nottingham, N.) | Moody, A. S. |
| Braddock, Mrs. Elizabeth | Hastings, S. | Morris, Percy (Swansea, W.) |
| Brockway, A. F. | Hayman, F. H. | Morrison,Rt.Hn.Herbert(Lewis'm,S.) |
| Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. | Hobson, C. R. | Mort, D. L. |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. George (Belper) | Holman, P. | Moss, R. |
| Brown, Thomas (Ince) Burton, Miss F. E. | Holmes, Horace | Moyle, A. |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Holt, A. F. | Mulley, F. W. |
| Callaghan, L. J. | Howell, Charles (Perry Barr) | Neal, Harold (Bolsover) |
| Castle, Mrs. B. A. | Howell, Denis (All Saints) | Noel-Baker, Rt. Hon. P. (Derby, S.) |
| Champion, A. J. | Hubbard, T. F. | O'Brien, Sir Thomas |
| Chapman, W. D. | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Oliver, G. H. |
| Chetwynd, G. R. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Orbach, M. |
| Clunie, J. | Hughes, Hector (Aberdeen, N.) | Oswald, T. |
| Coldrick, W. | Hunter, A. E. | Owen, W. J. |
| Collick, P. H. (Birkenhead) | Isaacs, Rt. Hon. G. A. | Padley, W. E. |
| Collins, V.J. (Shoreditch & Finsbury) | Janner, B. | Paget, R. T. |
| Cove, W G. | Jay, Rt. Hon. D. P. T. | Paling, Rt. Hon. W. (Dearne Valley) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jeger, George (Goole) | Paling, Will T. (Dewsbury) |
| Cronin, J. D. | Jeger,Mrs.Lena(Holbn & St.Pancs,S). | Palmer, A. M. F. |
| Crossman, R. H. S. | Johnson, James (Rugby) | Pargiter, G. A. |
| Cullen, Mrs. A. | Jones, David (The Hartlepools) | Parker, J. |
| Darling, George (Hillsborough) | Jones, Elwyn (W. Ham, 8.) | Parkin, B. T. |
| Davies, Ernest (Enfield, E.) | Jones, Jack (Rotherham) | Paton, John |
| Davies, Stephen (Merthyr) | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Peart, T. F. |
| Deer, G. | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Price, J. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Delargy, H. J. | Kenyon, C. | Price, Philips (Gloucestershire, W.) |
| Dodds, N. N. | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Probert, A. R. |
| Dugdale, Rt. Hn. John (W. Brmwch) | King, Dr. H. M. | Proctor, W. T. |
| Lawson, G. M. | Pryde, D. J. | |
| Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Randall, H. E. |
| Rankin, John | Steele, T. | Wheeldon, W. E. |
| Redhead, E. C. | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) | White, Mrs. Eirene (E. Flint) |
| Reid, William | Stones, W. (Consett) | White, Henry (Derbyshire, N.E.) |
| Roberts, Albert (Normanton) | Stross,Dr.Barnett(Stoke-on-Trent,C.) | Wilkins, W. A. |
| Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) | Summerskill, Rt. Hon. E. | Willey, Frederick |
| Rogers, George (Kensington, N.) | Sylvester, G. O. | Williams, David (Neath) |
| Ross, William | Taylor, Bernard (Mansfield) | Williams, Rt. Hon T (Don Valley) |
| Royle, C. | Taylor, John (West Lothian) | Williams, W. R. (Openshaw) |
| Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. | Thomas, lorwerth (Rhondda, W.) | Williams, W. T. (Barons Court) |
| Short, E. W. | Thomson, George (Dundee, E.) | Willis, Eustace (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Shurmer, P. L. E. | Thornton, E. | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Silverman, Julius (Aston) | Timmons, J. | Winterbottom, Richard |
| Skeffington, A. M. | Tomney, F. | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| Slater, Mrs. H. (Stoke, N.) | Ungoed-Thomas, Sir Lynn | Woof, R. E. |
| Slater, J. (Sedgefield) | Wade, D. W. | Yates, V. (Ladywood) |
| Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) | Weitzman, D. | Zilliacus, K. |
| Sorensen, R. W. | Wells, William (Walsall, N.) | |
| Sparks, J. A. | West, D. G. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Mr. Pearson and Mr. Simmons. |
| Osborne, C. | Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. | Thompson, Ltd.-Cdr. R. (Croydon, S.) |
| Page, R. G. | Sharples, R. C. | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Pannell, N. A. (Kirkdale) | Shepherd, William | Tiley, A. (Bradford, W.) |
| Partridge, E. | Simon, J. E. S. (Middlesbrough, W.) | Tilney, John (Wavertree) |
| Peyton, J. W. W. | Smithers, Peter (Winchester) | Touche, Sir Gordon |
| Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Soames, Capt. C. | Turner-Samuels, M. |
| Pilkington, Capt. R. A. | Spearman, Sir Alexander | Tweedsmuir, Lady |
| Pitt, Miss E. M. | Speir, R. M. | Vane, W. M. F. |
| Pott, H. P. | Spens, Rt. Hn. Sir P. (Kens'gt'n, S.) | Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. |
| Powell, J. Enoch | Stanley, Capt. Hon. Richard | Vickers, Miss J. H. |
| Price, Henry (Lewisham, W.) | Stevens, Geoffrey | Vosper, D. F. |
| Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. | Steward, Harold (Stockport, S.) | Wakefield, Sir Wavell (St. M'lebone) |
| Raikes, Sir Victor | Steward, Sir William (Woolwich, W.) | Walker-Smith, D. C. |
| Ramsden, J. E. | Stewart, Henderson (Fife, E.) | Wall, Major Patrick |
| Rawlinson, Peter | Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. | Ward, Hon. George (Worcester) |
| Redmayne, M. | Studholme, Sir Henry | Waterhouse, Capt. Rt. Hon. C. |
| Renton, D. L. M. | Summers, Sir Spencer | Whitelaw, W.S.I.(Penrith & Border) |
| Roberts, Sir Peter (Heeley) | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) | Williams, Paul (Sunderland, S.) |
| Robinson, Sir Roland (Blackpool, S.) | Taylor, William (Bradford, N.) | Williams, Rt. Dudley (Exeter) |
| Rodgers, John (Sevenoaks) | Teeling, W. | Woollam, John Victor |
| Roper, Sir Harold | Thomas, Leslie (Canterbury) | |
| Russell, R. S. | Thompson, Kenneth (Walton) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. | Mr. Wills and Mr. E. Wakefield. |