Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the estimated additional cost to the Treasury, for the current and succeeding financial years, of freeing from entertainment tax all cinema seats up to two shillings and arranging that the balance of the proceeds received from the sale of all seats above that figure should be 44W divided as to one-third to the Treasury and two-thirds to the exhibitor.
§ Mr. SimonThe answer is £3¾ million in the current financial year and about £4 million in a full year.