§ Lords Amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 40, leave out from beginning to " with " in line 41.—[Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody.]
§ 11.34 p.m.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody)I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
It may be convenient if, with permission, we took Lords Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together.
| "A. Section 9 of the Films Act 1960 shall be amended by adding at the end the words:— |
| '(8) The applicant for the registration of a film shall at the same time as he makes an application under this section furnish to the Board of Trade a statutory undertaking to the effect that he has either given or offered or offered to sell at cost price to the National Film Archive of the British Film Institute a positive print of the film.' " |
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyI beg to move, That this House doth disagree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Sydney Irving)There are three Commons Amendments to the Lords Amendment, one in the name of the hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Mr. Ridley), in line 8, leave out ' a positive print of the film ' and insert:
'such copy or copies of the said film in such form and condition as may be specified by the National Film Archive';One in the name of the hon. Member for Putney (Mr. Hugh Jenkins), in line 8, at end insert:' but this section shall not come into effect except upon such terms and conditions as the President of the Board of Trade shall provide by statutory instrument';and one in the name of the hon. Member for Rye (Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine), in line 8, after Institute ', insert:' or, in the case of films relating to war or the study of war, to the Film Archive of the Imperial War Museum '.992 These Amendments were moved by the Government in another place in pursuance of an undertaking I gave to the House on Third Reading. The effect will be to place a statutory obligation on the Board of Trade to consult the Cinematograph Films Council before approving any grants from the British Film Fund towards the running costs of the National Film School and to the British Film Institute towards the cost of making films.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.