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Jim Cunningham Excerpts
Thursday 21st June 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Margot James Portrait Margot James
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I assure my right hon. Friend that the Government are making progress. We have reformed the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to give more protection to consumers when they are purchasing from secondary ticketing sites. We have also brought in ban the bots legislation so that it is now illegal to use electronic means to secure more tickets that the number the original organisers state as a maximum.

Jim Cunningham Portrait Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
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14. Given that Coventry has the Ricoh arena, what are the Minister and the Secretary of State doing to ensure that the director-general of the BBC invests in Coventry at the same levels as in Hull?