§ Mr. Denvilleasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements he intends to make to implement the undertaking which he recently gave to examine the working of the tax imposed on living entertainment in this country before imposing it again in its present form or at its present rate?
§ Captain WallaceMy hon. Friend may rest assured that the undertaking to which he refers will be duly implemented.
§ Sir E. Griggasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present approximate annual revenue to the State in respect of the Government's share of wireless receiving licences and Entertainments Duty upon admissions to cinematograph theatres and dog-racing tracks; and whether, in view of the competition of these new forms of entertainment with the living theatre, he can now review the desirability of relieving the latter form of entertainment entirely from the burden of Entertainments Duty?
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§ Captain WallaceThe present approximate annual revenue accruing to the Exchequer from wireless receiving licences is £409,000, and from Entertainments Duty in respect of admissions to cinemas £5,600,000; separate statistics in respect of admissions to dog-racing tracks are not available. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer to the answer which I have just given to my hon. Friend, the Member for the Central Division of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Mr. Denville).