§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Prime Minister if he will state which Department of State is charged with the study of the situation as regards the production and sale, especially abroad, of British cinematograph films?
Sir P. CUNLIFFE-DISTERThe Board of Trade, together with the Department of Overseas Trade, is primarily concerned with questions relating to the production and sale of British manufactures including cinematograph films.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of cinematograph theatres in Great Britain and Northen Ireland; and what is the approximate seating capacity?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERI have been asked to reply. I am informed by the Incorporated Association of Kinematograph Manufacturers that there are some 3,000 cinematograph theatres in the United Kingdom, and that the seating capacity is estimated as being rather less than 1,000,000.