Member

Amendment 31, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, seeks to exempt anyone buying six or fewer tickets for an event in a single transaction. This amendment would create a significant loophole in the ticket touting offence. A person could buy six tickets at a time and resell without limitation, potentially making significant profits from events funded in part by the taxpayer. These events should be affordable and accessible to all. Enabling people to buy up significant numbers of tickets with the intention to sell these at a significantly increased value would undermine this objective. The Bill does not ban the transfer or sale of legitimately purchased tickets to friends or family. It may, however, in my view, be the so-called jilted girlfriend who gets to go.