Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill — Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 150 — 13 Mar 2024 at 19:15

Moved by Lord Moynihan

150: After Clause 309, insert the following new Clause-“Requirements on secondary ticketing facilitiesAfter section 92 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 insert-“92A Requirements on secondary ticketing facilities(1) A secondary ticketing facility must not permit a trader or business to list tickets for resale unless the trader or business has provided evidence of proof of purchase to the ticketing facility, or evidence of title to the tickets offered for resale.(2) A secondary ticketing facility must not permit a reseller to sell more tickets to an event that they can legally purchase from the primary market.(3) A secondary ticketing facility must ensure that the face value of any ticket listed for resale, and the trader or business’s name and trading address are clearly visible, in full, on the first page the ticket is viewable on.(4) The information required by subsection (3) must be unabbreviated, and must not be hidden behind an icon, drop down menu or other device.(5) A secondary ticketing facility must make it clear to traders and businesses based overseas that sell tickets to UK consumers and target UK consumers through paid or sponsored advertisements or paid infomercials that they are subject to UK legislation.””Member's explanatory statementThis amendment imposes requirements on secondary tickets sites regarding proof of purchase, ticket number limits and the provision of information, with the aim of reducing fraud. These requirements are in line with recommendations made by the CMA.

Ayes 165, Noes 154.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Con1 138 (+2 tell)49.3%
Crossbench9 47.6%
DUP0 350.0%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge1 011.1%
Lab90 (+2 tell) 053.5%
LDem53 065.4%
Non-affiliated5 314.3%
PC1 0100.0%
Total:163 14840.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Moynihan Conaye
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Kerr of KinlochardCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Inglewood Non-affiliated (front bench)no
Baroness Stowell of BeestonNon-affiliated (front bench)no
Lord Taylor of WarwickNon-affiliatedno

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