HC Deb 16 June 1966 vol 729 c1647
43. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what will be the effect of the Selective Employment Tax on the finances of the National Theatre.

49. Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what will be the effect of the Selective Employment Tax on the finances of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

52. Mr. Berry

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what will be the effect of the Selective Employment Tax on the finances of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Miss Jennie Lee

The Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House are all charities and as such will receive a refund of tax under the Selective Employment Payments Bill.

Dame Irene Ward

I thank the right hon. Lady for the information. May I congratulate her on her Privy Councillorship and on having triumphed over the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose idiotic decision in the beginning filled everybody with gloom?