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HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportIt is a great delight to see you in your seat, Mr Dowd, not least because, as I have commented before, you are one of the snappiest dressers in Parliament and London fashion week…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportI thought I might have stimulated the hon. Member.04 Sept 2024HANSARD NHSDame Rosie, in the words of “South Pacific”, if we ain’t got dames, where would we be? In November 2021, Boris Johnson and the right hon. Member for Bromsgrove (Sir Sajid Javid)…23 May 2024HANSARDHeritage BuildingsResign!23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitWe just told you. You should have listened.23 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hope that it is in order for me to thank all the ministerial team for when they have been absolutely courteous to us and when we have been able to work together on matters. I…23 May 2024HANSARD AI Seoul SummitI am grateful to the Minister for advance sight of his statement. I hope this is in order, Mr Deputy Speaker, because I note that the Minister for Employment, the hon. Member for…23 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister has only just sat down, but now he is intervening on me.21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillNo, the Minister will get to reply afterwards, I am sure. [Hon. Members: “Oh!”] So the Minister is begging. I will give way to his begging.21 May 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation SchemeThe thing is, this will all happen again unless we change the way we do our parliamentary politics, because Parliament failed, as did the whole of British politics. Of course,…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI will give way to the hon. Member, although I am keen to move on.21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillNo, because I read that completely differently from the way the Minister does. If the Minister were right, why is it only at this stage that he has chosen to bring forward…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe Minister knows that Taylor Swift tickets are being sold. The organisers of those concerts have said that tickets sold on unauthorised secondary ticket markets are not valid.…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillNo. If the Minister will listen for a few more minutes, I will get on to precisely what we recommend. Indeed, he may remember that in the last debate on this issue, I said very…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillYes, the hon. Member did misunderstand the point I made. Why does it not just say “face value”, instead of “FV”, which would be perfectly simple? For that matter, why should…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIndeed. I will come to authorised resale later, because it is a real problem with the way that the market operates. Fans are very unclear whether the ticket they have bought…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe hon. Member makes a very good point. Indeed, in the main the market is a good thing—it can operate to produce good and efficient outcomes in society—but in this case the…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI ask the hon. Gentleman to let me make a little progress. I am still on the first sentence of my speech. Over the years, Members have repeatedly given evidence that the secondary…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI rather agree with the idea that some Conservative Members actually want people to be ripped off, and maybe that is what we have seen for the last 14 years when we have seen…21 May 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe secondary ticket market is the spivs: it is precisely the same set of people scamming the system and the public. They are taking advantage of people’s desire to get tickets,…21 May 2024