asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the receipts from Entertainments Duty for each month since April last, inclusive, together with the corresponding figures for a similar period last year?
The receipts from Entertainments Duty for each month from April to September, 1934, together with the corresponding figures for the same period of 1933 follow:
| 1934. | 1933. | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| April | … | 823,300 | 786,600 |
| May | … | 753,400 | 733,500 |
| June | … | 690,900 | 616,200 |
| July | … | 602,700 | 635,300 |
| August | … | 880,800 | 706,700 |
| September | … | 856,700 | 886,700 |
| Total | … | £4,607,800 | £4,365,000 |
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the exemption of the Old Vic and Sadlers Wells theatres from the Entertainments Duty, he will consider the exemption of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon also?
Exemption has already been granted to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon in respect of the entertainments included in the programmes for the forthcoming season.