"We know that the UK music industry is a major player in our national economy, but £145 million a year is being lost to touts in a cost of living crisis. These touts are not the old-fashioned man in a flasher mac with tickets in his pockets, saying, “Oi, do …..." Rupa Huq - View Speech
"My hon. Friend makes a brilliant point: the mutualisation of our venues is an important thing. We now have a Prime Minister who is a Labour and Co-op MP, so we hope to see that in practice. I will come to the example of the Co-op Live arena, but I …..." Rupa Huq - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is correct. The most accessed site is YouTube, and it gets not a penny from that. I am guilty of listening to music on YouTube as well, watching old Top of the Pops episodes from the ’80s, and Runaround—that was a good show—and Swap Shop and so …..." Rupa Huq - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is so right. We have seen that happening with venues such as the Royal Opera House and the ballet, which are perceived as elitist, correctly or incorrectly, and we do not want to make an elitist system more elitist. The systems benefit people who have the luxury …..." Rupa Huq - View Speech
"I certainly agree with that, and one of the provisions in my excellent Bill is on transparency. People should know what they are getting into.
Touting does not just apply to music. Football, theatre, and all sorts of other things are becoming subject to these processes. In July, Which? found …..." Rupa Huq - View Speech