§ Mr. Chetwyndasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many matrices of American recorded music to the value of £18,800 were imported in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Vaughan-MorganI have been asked to reply.
Gramophone record matrices are not recorded by number in the United Kingdom trade returns and the information is thus not available.
§ Mr. Chetwyndasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dollars were earned by the export to the United States of America of British gramophone record matrices during the past 12 months; and what was the number of such records.
§ Mr. Vaughan-MorganI have been asked to reply.
Exports of record matrices to the U.S.A. were valued at £817 or roughly $24 thousand in the twelve months ended 265W October, 1958. Figures of dollar earnings and the number of matrices involved are not available.