LIMITED PROTECTION
UNDER NEW FILMS BILL
(British Official Wireless;)
M" . ■'::.". RUGBY, 14th June^ '■ •"'.The'-'. Government's Cinematograph Films Bill, which abolishes so-called '?blind" and "block'? .booking, and secures the exhibition of a fixed quota of British films has been modified as the result of" a meeting of representatives of the trade. Details of the agreement were revealed in the House of Commons by the President of the Board of Trade to-day; ; The Bill proposed a quota of 7J per cent, of British films rising by 2i^per centi annually to 25 per. cent. The proposal- has been modified so that it operates for twelve years only, and the maximum quota is 20 per cent., instead Of .25. It was stated that the trade agreed that a permanent protection of the industry was- undesirable and the Government had no desire to give excessive security, but merely to'establish the'industry on national and Imperial grounds;, The «ommittee accepted the Government's amendment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 139, 16 June 1927, Page 11
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156LIMITED PROTECTION Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 139, 16 June 1927, Page 11
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