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Secondary Ticketing

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

542 c58-66WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Sharon Hodgson | 542 c66WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way again, and I realise that we are operating a pince...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c66WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Personally, as the Minister responsible, I have an open mind, as I said. The OFT is anot...

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Sharon Hodgson | 542 c65WH (Link to this contribution) Following on from the point made by the hon. Member for Hove, I have had representations from people...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c65-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am dangerously close to being out of my depth. I studied a little law at university, getting close...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c66WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister commit the Government to look at the French example to see why it was put into sta...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c66WH (Link to this contribution) I most certainly give my hon. Friend that undertaking. I had better tread carefully, but there are a...

David Morris | 542 c58WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does he agree that this is a drain not just on...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c58WH (Link to this contribution) It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. I believe that the free market is by f...

Tracey Crouch | 542 c59WH (Link to this contribution) I was surprised by the number of e-mails I received on this issue. Having heard that list, perhaps I...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c58-9WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I agree—it is a drain on the Exchequer. Of course, some secondary ticketing organisation...

Sharon Hodgson | 542 c62WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is probably just about to wind up, so I thank him for giving way. I w...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c59-62WH (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. I will come on to that point in a moment—it is on an industrial scale now. T...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c62WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. Some 20 years ago, ticket touting at events was a quaint issue, but now it is on an industr...

Andrew Bingham | 542 c62WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that, whereas in days gone by people queued to buy tickets and paid cash, ...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c64WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for a detailed reply. On that specific point, have the Government initiated any...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c63-4WH (Link to this contribution) After the hon. Lady's private Member's Bill was introduced, I undertook some checks with both the Ho...

Sharon Hodgson | 542 c63WH (Link to this contribution) As the Minister mentioned, I was a member of the Committee that considered that matter. We took evid...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c62-3WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mike Weatherley) and acknowledge, as other hon. M...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c65WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed it is, and intellectual property and all the rest are a hot topic at the moment. There is no ...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c65WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the point about criminality, but what about the ownership of the performance? There has...

Hugh Robertson | 542 c64-5WH (Link to this contribution) The short answer, following on from the meeting that my hon. Friend had with the Secretary of State ...

Mike Weatherley | 542 c62WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and I applaud her efforts in this field, without which I ...

Subjects

Prices Sales Touting Tickets Olympic Games 2012

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