Sharon Hodgson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2015-11-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 15298, on Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review; who his Department contacted in Parliament; by what means they were contacted; and what response his Department received from Parliament.

Nick Boles

In relation to the Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review, the following Parliamentarians were contacted by my Department by letter and/or email on 30 March 2015. The draft Terms of Reference were attached to these letters:

Baroness Hayter

Baroness Heyhoe Flint

Lord Addington

Lord Borwick

Lord Clement-Jones

Lord Moynihan

Lord Pendry

Lord Stevenson

Lord Stoneham

Lord Younger

I met with yourself, Nick Smith MP, Lord Moynihan, Lord Stevenson and Baroness Heyhoe-Flint to discuss secondary ticketing issues including Terms of Reference for the Review on 15 September. Subsequently, a detailed response on the Terms of Reference was received from Lord Moynihan.

The following Parliamentarians were also contacted by email on 13 October regarding the Terms of Reference and Call for Evidence:

Andrew Bingham MP

David Morris MP

Mark Garnier MP

Mark Pritchard MP

Nick Smith MP

Nigel Adams MP

Sharon Hodgson MP

Stephen McPartland MP

All the Peers listed above were also contacted on 13 October.

Details of the Terms of Reference were also laid in the Libraries of both Houses on 13 October 2015.