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Internet Ticket Sales

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

20. To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with representatives of the music industry on the secondary selling of tickets on the internet. (124580)

Over the past year, Ministers have had discussions with SJM Concerts, Mean Fiddler Music Group, the Concert Promoters Association and the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) as part of the DCMS ticketing summits. These discussions have focused on finding solutions to the problems associated with ticket resale on the internet and elsewhere, and Government have been working with the industry to deliver measures to improve the ticketing marketplace and tackle ticket touts.