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Computer Games Industry

I think that the hon. Gentleman is referring to the fact that a tax break is already in place for the film industry, but we do not have quite the same system for the video games industry. There is a piece of history here, which I offer as an explanation. The film industry has an existing state aid exemption; it is an acknowledged piece of state aid that is registered with EU authorities and anyone else who needs to know. We are registering it under the next iteration of those rules, which is coming up. The reason is that it seemed at the time—we continue to agree—that it was an important piece of cultural ambassadorship as much as a business opportunity. We cannot necessarily say that for ““Grand Theft Auto””, important though it may be for the UK industry and for jobs. The film industry does both jobs. It fulfils the role of cultural ambassador; the video games industry is economically important. That is the historic explanation. The shortage of money, which I intend to deal with in my response to the hon. Member for Dundee West, is why we are where we are; there is no money to extend such provision, even if we could.