All posts belonging to the Parliament tag can be found in the list below.
Ticketmaster faced tough questioning about its complete failure to prevent touts from harvesting tickets to resell for a profit during a hearing on secondary ticketing in UK Parliament. Scottish MP...
Tags: DCMS, Hearing, MPs, Parliament, Secondary Ticketing, Ticketmaster, Touts, UKThe UK Parliament has confirmed it will stage an official debate on the possible introduction of safe standing for ticket holders at stadia in football’s English Premier League on June 25. Safe s...
Tags: Football Spectator's Act, Hillsborough, Law, Parliament, Premier League, Safe Standing, Stadia, West BromThe UK Government is set to discuss new legislation in parliament this week that prohibits touts from buying tickets en masse via bots to resell at a profit. Through the addition to the Digital Eco...
Tags: Bill, Bots, Bulk, CMA, Digital Economy Bill, Law, Legislation, Parliament, Touts, UK MusicTicketmaster International’s senior vice-president of insight and marketing has criticised MPs for involving themselves in public concern about the secondary ticketing market. In a speech at the ...
Tags: MPs, Parliament, Scalping, TicketmasterTwo MPs were threatened with arrest as they attempted to confront Viagogo executives at the company’s London office. Conservative MP Nigel Adams and Labour’s Sharon Hodgson, both prominent camp...
Tags: Complaint, Consumer, Nigel Adams, Parliament, Sharon Hodgson, Viagogo, Which?Labour is the only major political party to include a pledge on secondary ticketing in its manifesto ahead of Thursday’s General Election. While the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democra...
Tags: Digital Economy Bill, election, Parliament, Safe StandingTicket resale platforms will have to provide a unique number for all tickets offered in the UK after the Digital Economy Bill was passed by Parliament last night. The legislation, which has now bee...
Tags: Bots, Digital Economy Bill, fake tickets, Fanfair Alliance, Matt Hancock, Parliament, ScalpingLegislation that could clamp down on ticket scalping in the UK is set to progress towards its final stage later today (Thursday) after being passed by MPs. Amendments to the Digital Economy Bill su...
Tags: Bots, Digital Economy Bill, Parliament, ScalpingPlans to crack down on ticket scalping in the UK could be dashed if the Digital Economy Bill is not passed in the next week. Prime Minister Theresa May’s surprise decision to call a General Elect...
Tags: Bots, Consumer Rights Act, Digital Economy Bill, Fanfair Alliance, ParliamentFanFair Alliance hopes the Parliamentary inquiry into ticket abuse will be resurrected after June’s General Election, following the cancellation of the existing investigation. The Culture, Media...
Tags: DCMS, Fanfair Alliance, Parliament, Viagogo
