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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

We believe that those measures, such as on the face value of the ticket, are already covered by the current legislation and enforcement. The Government have certainly gone a lot further than previous regimes have: we strengthened the terms and guidance in 2017; we banned ticketing bots—the hon. Gentleman mentioned that but did not seem to understand that it had been outlawed in 2018; and we improved enforcement action by the regulators, as we have seen six successful prosecutions under the new regime. I remind him that where other jurisdictions have supposedly gone further in banning resale, such as in Ireland, no

prosecutions have taken place. We are trying to ensure that we have a balance and that our provisions work well.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
749 c207 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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