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In a document he circulated, my noble friend Lord Hodgson talked about throwing up sand; he seems to be an expert on this. He entirely misrepresents the role of seat-holders at the hall. Is he saying that Lord Bamford and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the two most recent purchasers of the large boxes that he mentions, are in there to profiteer? No—it is a trophy asset, which you may or may not like, but people certainly do not buy them to make money. Nowhere did my noble friend even suggest that those Ed Sheeran tickets were anything to do with a seat-holder, he just said they were for sale. The numerous errors could have been corrected by the hall, had my noble friend checked with it.