Sharon Hodgson MP Interviewed

James, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-611X and Osborn, Guy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-154X (2024) Sharon Hodgson MP Interviewed. Entertainment and Sports Law Journal, 22 (1). ISSN 1748-944X

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Abstract

Sharon Hodgson MP’s work with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ticket Abuse led to her being approached for an interview with Mark James and Guy Osborn. Their Intervention, ‘A New Dawn for Ticket Regulation,’ details in part the Private Members Bill, the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill, which Sharon Hodgson attempted to introduce in 2010. The interview below, conducted in October 2023 via email correspondence, attempts to contextualise the genesis of the Bill, its rationale, and why it failed to be passed. It should be read in conjunction with the James and Osborn Intervention linked above. The ESLJ has consistently adopted different models and approaches for its Interventions section, including interviews, see for example, the previously published interview with Ken Foster, and this follows in that tradition.About Sharon Hodgson (adapted from https://www.sharonhodgson.org/about_sharon).This piece was originally submitted on 8 December 2023, and accepted on 15 February 2024. On 14 March 2024 the Labour Party announced their plans to clamp down on ticket touts by introducing legislation.