Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Glentoran (Conservative). It was answered on Monday, 4 July 2011.

Olympic Games 2012: Tickets

Question: My Lords, I have just read a leading article in the Sunday press which makes it clear that, from the leader writer’s point of view, never have tickets for an Olympic Games been spread and given out so well and never has an Olympic Games had all the tickets sold out a year in advance. Nor could the journalist could remember a more democratic process for delivering tickets to the Olympic Games and all the different sports in any recent Games. I believe that the way that LOCOG has set about this this year is absolutely super. I hope the Minister agrees and will tell me that she has read the article. If she has not, I hope she will.

Answer: My Lords, I have read the article. I agree that Britain should be proud of what LOCOG has done with ticketing.

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