HC Deb 28 February 1957 vol 565 c1523

Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the imposition of a levy on exhibitors of cinematograph films and for the making from the proceeds thereof of payments to, or for the benefit of, makers of British cinematograph films and to the Children's Film Foundation Limited, it is expedient to authorise—

  1. (a) the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of—
    1. (i) the expenses incurred by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in collecting the said levy; and
    2. (ii) any sums required by the Board of Trade to enable them to lend to the British Film Fund Agency established by the said Act sums necessary to enable the Agency to discharge their functions between the date of their establishment and the time when they have received, by way of payments in respect of the said levy, such sum as, in the opinion of the Board, will be sufficient to enable them to discharge their functions without financial assistance from the Board;
  2. (b) the payment into the Exchequer of any sum retained by the said Commissioners out of the proceeds of the said levy and of any sum received by the Board of Trade by way of repayment of, or payment of interest on, loans made by the Board to the Agency;
  3. (c) any increase in the sums which, under the Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Act, 1949, are to be, or may be, issued out of the Consolidated Fund, raised by borrowing or paid into the Exchequer, being an increase attributable to provisions of the said Act of the present Session extending by ten years the period during which the Board of Trade are empowered under the said Act of 1949 to make advances to the National Film Finance Corporation.

Resolution agreed to.