Orders of the Day — Finance Bill.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 21 May 1935.

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Photo of Mr Dingle Foot Mr Dingle Foot , Dundee

The discussion to-day has fallen into two parts, one dealing with what is in the Bill and the other with what is not in the Bill and the amount of discussion under the second head has greatly exceeded that under the first. Before passing to the more general issues which have been raised to-day I would like to break with precedent and address to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury one or two specific questions on particular Clauses of the Bill. First I would like to ask him a question about 'Clause 1 which deals with the reduction in the Entertainments Duty. Sub-section (2) provides that the duty shall cease to be charged on payments not exceeding 6d. Am I right in assuming that that provision applies to all entertainments, including cricket matches and the like, and not merely to stage plays?