A film's Commission.

5. The establishment of a Films Commission would undoubtedly be exceedingly unpopular with almost all sections of the industry, which is now far more prosperous than it was two years ago and is generally more confident of being able to solve its own problems without Government control. There will in any case be opposition to the necessity legislation, but this will be particularly strong if it is intended to give the Commission wide powers over the industry. Even if the House of Commons were willing to grant such powers and this cannot be assumed it is almost certain that when the Commission began to exercise them, aggrieved sections of the industry would appeal to the President of the Board of Trade, who, unless he were himself to control the Commission far more closely than is usual in the case of statutory bodies, would be placed in an unsatisfactory position.