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Proceeding contribution from Mike Weatherley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 21 January 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill.


Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill

I have spoken to various football authorities about this, and the reason they allow the selling on of season tickets is that they recognise that people must have a mechanism for reselling if they cannot go to a match. However, the football authorities would not want someone to sell their season ticket for a particular match at 10 times its value. I happen to be going to a Chelsea-Manchester United match later in the season, but I have not paid 10 times the value of that ticket: I have been given it by a season ticket holder who cannot make the match. That is entirely proper.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
521 c1179 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Proceeds of crime Sports Touting Tickets
Legislation
Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk