§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance he proposes to give to feature film production in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ForthThe Government provide support of £1.5 million a year through British Screen Finance Ltd. for feature film production, together with a further £500,000 a year for short films and script development. Our present five-year commitment to British Screen is due to expire at the end of this year, but we announced in July 1989 that funding will continue at the present level of £2 million a year for a further three years, until the end of 1993.