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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Ticket Touting: Musical Events

"Absolutely, and what Google actually does is breach its own certification rules, which suggest that it must ensure that such sites are designated as secondary sites. Google has a big role to play in this, and the hon. Lady is absolutely right to mention it.

This business model is almost …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Ticket Touting: Musical Events

"I will give way one last time to the hon. Lady...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Ticket Touting: Musical Events

"I have no hesitation in doing so, and I also commend the hon. Lady herself for her diligent work over the years in chairing the all-party parliamentary group on ticket abuse. In fact, it is in my speech to congratulate Claire Turnham, whom I met last week and who has …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Ticket Touting: Musical Events

"I have got an even better and more elegant solution than my hon. Friend’s, and I beg her to be patient; I will get to it. The issue has to be tackled properly. There is no point mucking around, doing things tentatively. We have to grab the bull by the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 May 2018
Ticket Touting: Musical Events

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a dynamic hit on all associated industries and businesses. If money is put into the hands of the touts and agencies, it is taken out of the hands of the music industry and those in it. Come on, Minister! Let us reclaim …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Tourism and the Creative Industries

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Bone, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Wantage (Mr Vaizey). He and I are veterans of long standing of such debates, and we still bear the scars of the Digital Economy Act 2017, in which we …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Tourism and the Creative Industries

"I am grateful to the hon. Lady for mentioning that point, and I will come on to discuss it, because I chair the all-party parliamentary group on intellectual property and I have a few choice words to say about where we are going with all this.

I want to say …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Tourism and the Creative Industries

"What we are now in the business of doing is finding solutions to mitigate the damage. The Minister will have to try and find ways to mitigate the loss of the optimal arrangements that we have in place now as members of the European Union. The touring passport is an …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Tourism and the Creative Industries

"The hon. Lady is absolutely right. The ending of freedom of movement will not impact that harshly on some of the bigger, multinational companies—the big tech giants that dominate the sector now. What it will impact on are the small and medium-sized enterprises within our creative sector. It will also …..."
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Written Question
Tickets: Sales
Friday 23rd February 2018

Asked by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with internet service providers on the continued high search result rankings of secondary ticketing websites on the internet.

Answered by Margot James

We are determined to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour in the online ticketing market and improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price. We recognise that Government can’t act alone in addressing this issue, and that the ticketing industry and online platforms need to take actions themselves. We therefore welcome the announcement by Google requiring ticket resellers to be certified before they can advertise through its AdWords platform, and trust that it will be working to ensure its effectiveness, and that it will take action to enforce compliance with the new rules.