HC Deb 04 July 1963 vol 680 cc76-7W
34. Mr. Swingler

asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in promoting the export of British cinematograph films to counries of the Communist bloc.

Mr. D. Price

Our trade arrangements with most Communistbloc countries include quotas for British films. The quotas in the latest arrangements, taken together, are 25 per cent. above those in the preceding arrangements. Where, as in the case of U.S.S.R., our film exports are not subject to quota, the industry is doing its best. But the difficulties of selling films to these countries are substantial and discouraging.