HC Deb 18 December 1956 vol 562 cc141-2W
102. Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent he has consulted the Cinematograph Films Council and organisation of the film industry about the contents of legislation on films foreshadowed in the Gracious Speech.

Mr. Erroll

The Cinematograph Films Bill which has now been introduced in another place was framed after my right hon. Friend had considered the views of the various sections of the industry and the advice of the Cinematograph Films Council and of the National Film Finance Corporation.

103. Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade his estimate of the annual yield of the proposed statutory levy on cinema exhibitors.

Mr. Erroll

Subsection (3) (a) of Clause 2 of the Cinematograph Films Bill requires the Board of Trade to fix the rates

Publisher* Publication Publication date
United Nations organisation Commodity Trade Statistics Quarterly, about nine months in arrears.
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation. Foreign Trade Statistical Bulletin Series IV—United Kingdom. Half-yearly, about six months in arrears.
Her Majesty's Stationery Office Annual Statement of Trade of the United Kingdom. Annually, about fifteen months in arrears.
* These publications are available through Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
NOTE.—The quarterly figures for the three categories are also obtainable three months in arrears when conditions allow, through Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Statistical Office Bill of Entry Service, on payment of a fee to cover the cost of extraction.

of levy in the first year of the scheme to yield, in its estimation, approximately £3,750,000.