Lords division · 14 May 2024 · No. 2

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Lord Moynihan moved Motion E1, as an amendment to Motion E, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 104B in lieu—104B After Clause 308, insert the following new Clause—“Secondary ticketing facilities(1) After section 92 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 insert—“92A Requirements on secondary ticketing facilities(1) A secondary ticketing facility must not—(a) permit a trader or business to list tickets for resale unless the trader or business has provided evidence of proof of purchase to the ticketing facility, or evidence of title to the tickets offered for resale, or(b) permit a reseller to sell more tickets to an event than they can legally purchase from the primary market.(2) A secondary ticketing facility must ensure that the face value of any ticket listed for resale, and the trader or business’s name and trading address are clearly visible, in full, on the first page on which a purchaser can view the ticket.(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument—(a) add or amend conditions on secondary ticketing facilities,(b) specify appropriate forms of proof of purchase for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), and(c) specify the form or forms in which the name and trading address required under subsection (2) must be displayed.(4) Regulations under subsection (3) may not revoke conditions on secondary ticketing facilities.(5) Regulations under subsection (3) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”(2) Within the period of nine months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament the outcomes of a review of the impact of subsection (1) on the operation of the secondary ticketing market.(3) In preparing the review under subsection (2), the Secretary of State must consult—(a) ticket sellers and resellers,(b) artists and performers, or their representatives,(c) consumers and representative organisations, and(d) any other persons the Secretary of State deems appropriate.(4) The review under subsection (2) may, if the Secretary of State deems it appropriate, consult on or specify new conditions to be placed on secondary ticketing facilities under the powers in section 92A of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.(5) The obligation under subsection (2) may be met by a review begun before the passing of this Act.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 15

Contents: 228 Not Contents: 213

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 15 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour	121
Liberal Democrat	57
Crossbench	31
Non-affiliated	11
Conservative	4
Plaid Cymru	2
Bishops	1
Green Party	1

Not Contents

Conservative	186
Non-affiliated	11
Crossbench	9
Democratic Unionist Party	3
Ulster Unionist Party	2
Lord Speaker	1
Reform UK	1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Content), Baroness Wheeler (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).