Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Nigel Griffiths (Labour), on Tuesday, 18 May 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 49 members in total.

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TICKET TOUTS IN LONDON

That this House notes that ??5.50 tickets for Les Miserables have been sold for ??58.75 by the ticket agency Tickertron of 27 Kings Road, London; that ??13.75 tickets for Phantom of the Opera were sold for ??50 and ??6 tickets for Miss Saigon for ??25 by West End Tickets of 14 Charing Cross Road; that Portland Promotions of 1 Great Portland Street, London are selling ??9 tickets for Phantom of the Opera for ??50; congratulates the Society of West End Theatres for compiling a dossier listing many hundreds of victims of unscrupulous touts who deceive the public, and for exposing the extortionate prices charged by those ticket agencies who mislead visitors and tourists and charge up to 10 times the original face value of tickets for theatrical, musical and sporting events; notes that nine million people visit London each year and that visitors buy 40 per cent. of all West End theatre tickets and are particularly susceptible to touts masquerading as ticket agencies; calls on the Government to tackle those agencies who charge excessive amounts and outlaw the sale of tickets other than through approved agents; and congratulates members of the Ticket Agents Association and others who comply with the voluntary Code of Practice on Price Indications 1987, and who provide a valuable service to theatregoers in London.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.

2034A1

at end add 'and condemns the Government for its failure to act against ticket touts on the several occasions since June 1988 when the honourable Member for Fife North East has introduced Private Member's Bills to make touting illegal,to which the Government has declined to give its support.'.

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at end add 'and also draws attention to the increasing number of ticket touts at major sporting events not least soccer, exacerbated by the reduction in capacity because of all-seater stadia; and calls upon the Government to implement Lord Taylor's recommendation that the selling of tickets by touts outside sporting grounds should be made illegal.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2034 

2034A1 

2034A2 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Theatres Touting Tickets Society of West End Theatre Portland Promotions Ticketron West End Tickets

Link

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