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(asked on 9th December 2016) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who attended and from which organisations her Department's roundtable on the secondary market on 30 November 2016.


Answered by
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Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 15th December 2016

The Secretary of State met with representatives from the organisations listed below on 30 November 2016 to discuss the issue of the use of ‘bots’ in the online ticketing market:

Ticketmaster

Stubhub

Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR)

English and Wales Cricket Board

Concert Promoters Association

Music Managers Forum

National Arenas Association

Association of Secondary Ticketing Agents (ASTA)

Glastonbury Festivals

Songkick

London 2017, World Athletics

Citizens Advice

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AEG

Margot James, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, Nigel Adams MP, and Professor Waterson, Chair of the Independent Review into the consumer protection measures concerning online ticketing facilities, were also present.

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