§ 37. Mr. Rankinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that if a cinema proprietor increases his 1s. admission to 1s. 3d., the Revenue collects 2d, of the increase, the Eady levy gets extra and the proprietor and if he will consider remedying this anomaly in order to secure a fairer share to the cinema industry.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftI am aware of this matter and I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mr. Shepherd) on 31st January.
§ Mr. RankinThe right hon. Gentleman does not deal with the last part of my Question, where I asked him if he will not agree that the principle of fair shares might be employed in this regard, and does he not think it is unfair that the 1034 cinema proprietor should collect the odium of having to increase prices while the Chancellor collects the money?
§ Mr. ThorneycroftAll this was part of the review of Entertainments Duty which my right hon. Friend the present Prime Minister undertook to investigate, and it is included in it.