HC Deb 31 January 1934 vol 285 c372W
Mr. BUCHAN

asked the Lord President of the Council whether any decision has yet been reached as to the manner in which the Cinematograph Fund will be applied by the Privy Council?

Mr. BALDWIN

The Privy Council have decided to make a grant of £5,000 to the British Film Institute which was formed to promote the objects for which the Cinematograph Fund was constituted under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932. I am not in a position to make a detailed statement on the subject, since certain aspects of the matter are still under consideration. I would, however, remind the House that the fund is not large, and it is in consequence improbable that the Privy Council will be in a position to entertain other applications for assistance.