Olympic Games 2012: Tickets

Lord Glentoran Excerpts

Monday 4th July 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

Indeed, I entirely agree with the noble Lord’s idea, which sounds an excellent system for those who have not already managed to get tickets through another method. Having families and friends around is of key importance to people who have done so much hard work to try to get themselves to Olympic standard.

[Lord Glentoran]

My Lords, I have just read a leading article in the Sunday press which makes it clear that, from the leader writer’s point of view, never have tickets for an Olympic Games been spread and given out so well and never has an Olympic Games had all the tickets sold out a year in advance. Nor could the journalist could remember a more democratic process for delivering tickets to the Olympic Games and all the different sports in any recent Games. I believe that the way that LOCOG has set about this this year is absolutely super. I hope the Minister agrees and will tell me that she has read the article. If she has not, I hope she will.

[Baroness Garden of Frognal]

My Lords, I have read the article. I agree that Britain should be proud of what LOCOG has done with ticketing.