Tickets: Sales
Commons · Question 121825 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has used the additional enforcement powers for secondary ticketing under section 216 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on the use of bots to purchase tic
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 25 Mar 2026
Consumer law enforcement is principally the responsibility of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Local Authority Trading Standards. Section 216 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 grants the CMA enforcement functions un...