§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to bring forward proposals for standardising film censorship throughout the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorMy right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to change the present arrangements.
§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest figures about films that have been commercially-distributed throughout the United Kingdom that have subsequently been held by the courts to be obscene when distributed as videos.
§ Mr. MellorThe available statistics on convictions under section 2 of the Obscene Publication Act 1959 do not contain this information. I am aware of reports that in one recent case there were successful proceedings under the 1959 Act in respect of material which, it is claimed, had been classified for the cinema.