Policy Threads

4 Mar 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent anti-competitive practices in the live music and ticketing sectors.

Why linked: Written question on preventing anti-competitive practices in live music and ticketing sectors - directly relevant to market conduct regulation in scope

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent anti-competitive practices in the live music and ticketing sectors.

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25 Nov 2025 | Committee report linked direct

Letter from Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts, and Kate Dearden MP, Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection, regarding Putting Fans First: A consultation on the resale of live events tickets, 19 November 2025

Why linked: Letter from Ministers regarding 'Putting F[orward]' - likely contains substantive government policy direction on consumer protection and employment rights relevant to ticket resale regulation

Direction: to_committee

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28 Mar 2025 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to football ticket prices on grassroots participation.

Why linked: Question on impact of football ticket price changes on participation—relates to ticket pricing and access in live events sector, within scope of ticket market regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to football ticket prices on grassroots participation.

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14 Mar 2025 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent ticket touts from selling tickets to the Women's Rugby World Cup at inflated prices.

Why linked: Written question on preventing ticket touts from selling Women's Rugby World Cup tickets at inflated prices - directly addresses ticket touting concerns within the policy scope

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent ticket touts from selling tickets to the Women's Rugby World Cup at inflated prices.

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23 Jan 2025 | Written evidence Business and Trade Committee linked direct

Rip-off Britain: Dynamic pricing and consumer protection

Why linked: Business and Trade Committee's 'Rip-off Britain: Dynamic pricing' session in January 2025 — adjacent select-committee scrutiny on the primary-market pricing issues the Bill does not directly address but the Government response acknowledges as interdependent.

The Business and Trade Committee will be holding an oral evidence session to examine the use of dynamic and other forms of variable pricing by businesses, and how this impacts consumers. The Committee will hear from businesses, consumer groups and …

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26 Apr 2024 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting the practice of intentionally rendering commercial videogames inoperable when support ends.

Why linked: Written question asking whether DCMS has assessed merits of prohibiting intentional rendering (likely referring to ticket touting practices)—directly on-topic for the proposed ban

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting the practice of intentionally rendering commercial videogames inoperable when support ends.

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19 Mar 2024 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) artists, (b) event organizers and (c) primary ticketing platforms to tackle ticket touting.

Why linked: Written question on DCMS steps to work with artists, event organizers and ticketing platforms - relevant stakeholder consultation and coordination on ticket market issues

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) artists, (b) event organizers and (c) primary ticketing platforms to tackle ticket touting.

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13 Mar 2024 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the live music industry on introducing a ticket levy on large scale music arenas to support grassroots live music.

Why linked: Written question on discussions with live music industry regarding ticket levy—directly relevant to live events ticketing regulation and secondary market concerns

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the live music industry on introducing a ticket levy on large scale music arenas to support grassroots live music.

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11 Jan 2024 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the unauthorised use of creative content by AI.

Why linked: Written question on legislative proposals to prevent unauthorized ticket resale - directly on-topic PQ addressing ticket touting prohibition

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the unauthorised use of creative content by AI.

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19 Dec 2022 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of prohibiting the sale of tickets for events at a sum greater than their face value.

Why linked: Written question on assessment of prohibiting ticket sales for events at excessive prices - substantive policy inquiry on ticket resale regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of prohibiting the sale of tickets for events at a sum greater than their face value.

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19 Oct 2022 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked direct

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives from Ticketmaster on their new dynamic pricing policy.

Why linked: Written question on DCMS discussions with Ticketmaster on dynamic pricing policy - relevant to pricing practices in secondary and primary ticketing markets

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives from Ticketmaster on their new dynamic pricing policy.

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