HC Deb 10 October 1939 vol 352 cc188-9W
Mr. Maclean

asked the President of the Board of Trade who decided that the statutory committee appointed to advise him on the administration of the Cinematograph Films Act, should suspend its activities?

Mr. Stanley

A meeting of the Cinematograph Films Council which had been arranged for 27th September has been postponed but it is expected that the council will meet in the near future.

Mr. Maclean

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the chairman of the Cinematograph Films Council is definitely engaged by the Ministry of Information and whether the remuneration received by him for the first-mentioned duties has now been stopped?

Mr. Stanley

The chairmanship of the Cinematograph Films Council has never been regarded as a full-time appointment, and I am informed that the chairman accepted a post in the Ministry of Information on the understanding that this would not prevent him from continuing to carry out his duties as chairman of the council. In these circumstances, the question of ceasing to remunerate him does not at present arise.