HC Deb 18 December 1945 vol 417 c1289W
Mr. Keeling

asked the Chancellor of he Exchequer the annual amount received in dollars from sales by British authors to U.S. publishers; and the amount expended in dollars on purchases by British publishers from U.S. authors.

Mr. Dalton

The first figure is not recorded. Our annual dollar outgoings, in literary and artistic royalties, including outright purchase and payments for literary contributions, are about 600,000 dollars.