Question follow-through · 5138
Ticketmaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will bring forward proposals to regulate the de facto monopoly of ticket sales by Ticketmaster.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will bring forward proposals to regulate the de facto monopoly of ticket sales by Ticketmaster.
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
Under competition law, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as the UK’s competition authority, is responsible for investigating anti-competitive practices such as an abuse of a dominant position. The Government has ensured that the CMA has signifi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the independent hospitality sector with rising costs.
Hospitality Industry: Costs
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the resilience of the independent hospitality sector to absorb the rising costs of (a) national Insurance, (b) alcohol duty, (c) energy prices
Paternity Leave
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits to working families of extending the statutory entitlement to paternity leave.
Parental Leave and Parental Pay
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on publicising entitlement to Neonatal Care Pay and Leave in hospitals and other health settings to parents who could potentially be eligible.
Strike Ballots
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will confirm the date when the turnout requirement of at least 50% will be replaced by a simple majority vote for industrial action ballots.