54. Mr. Wilson Harrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what stage plays and other entertainments have been granted exemption from Entertainment Duty in the present calendar year.
§ Sir S. CrippsAs I have explained, the conditions governing exemption from duty under Section 8 of the Finance Act, 1946, relate to the status and activities of the organisation concerned and not to the particular play. Several thousand societies have qualified under these conditions during the present calendar year, and 1 am afraid that to compile a list would mean an undue amount of work.