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<p>His Majesty’s Government is committed to supporting fair and transparent ticket
pricing and tackling unacceptable behaviour in this market.</p><p>We engage with a
range of key organisations and individuals operating in the ticketing sector to understand
the issues and challenges facing the ticketing and live events sectors. This includes
STAR (the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, the self-regulatory body for the
entertainment ticketing industry in the UK), the Competition and Markets Authority,
Fanfair Alliance (the campaigning body against industrial scale online ticket touting),
membership bodies representing all parts of the music sector including artists and
event organisers, and, where appropriate, primary and secondary ticketing businesses.</p><p>Neither
DCMS Ministers nor officials have had any meetings with Viagogo since September 2023.
Viagogo has written once to my Department since then.</p><p>There have been no meetings
or correspondence between DCMS Ministers and StubHub International since September
2023. Officials in my Department have met them twice since this date at StubHub’s
request, and have received correspondence from them in the last three months.</p><p>
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