§ Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will assure the House that British film production will be allowed to continue unhampered, in view of the presence here now of some of the best artistes, and in view of the perfection to which film production here has reached and which any lapse now may lose?
§ Mr. StanleyI am fully alive to the importance of maintaining the production of British films but I fear it is beyond my power to guarantee that the circumstances of war will not affect the industry.
§ Mr. Kennedyasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any decision has been reached regarding the suspension of the Cinematograph Films Act; and whether he has considered the effect 2130W of the present state of uncertainty on British film production?
§ Mr. StanleyI am not yet in a position to add to the answer I gave on 28th September to my hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge (Sir A. Baillie).