§ 84. Mr. Swinglerasked the President of the Board of Trade, in respect of first feature and supporting programme films, what proportions of films given a 129W national release in the year ended 30th September, 1960, were British; and what are his estimates of those figures, based on the current level of British film production, for the year ending 30th September, 1961.
§ Mr. N. MacphersonIn the year ended 30th September, 1960, approximately 33 per cent. of the first features given a national release, and 24 per cent. of the second features, were British. The proportion of British material, shorts as well as second features, available for the supporting programme, as a whole will have been in excess of 24 per cent. I cannot estimate what the corresponding figures will be for the year ending 30th September, 1961.