Speeches by Edwards.

“Why?”

“That is just in the US, but not in the UK?”

“Where there are other competitors that might be selling tickets, there is nothing that you are doing to say, “We don’t want you to compete”? You have exclusionary contracts with some venues in the US.”

“I am going to come back, Phil, if I may, to your CEO, Michael Rapino, who was alleged by the US Department of Justice to have, effectively, scolded the Oak View Group, which is the co-owner of UK Co-op Live, for reportedly attempting to compete with you. There is an email chain between the two CEOs, effectively, where …”

“Are we going to see ticket prices as high as $7,000 here in the UK?”

“Phil, we are interested in the viewpoint of certain people. The chief executive, Michael Rapino, talked about how very advanced America is, with Europe being very primitive, and went on to say that it was a badge of honour that he was able to sell a courtside ticket for basketball for $7,000, but you are horrible if yo…”

“I just wanted to pick up on some of what we have heard today, and particularly to follow-up on the supermarket theme. We seem to be being told that Tesco and Tesco Express, or Sainsbury’s and Sainsbury’s Local, are somehow completely separate businesses that operate entirely exclusively, but they are not. They do not h…”

“You also speak about the system as though it has a mind of its own that you cannot control—a bit like Skynet. I just wondered whether there is any review of it, given that it is clearly creating some quite astronomical prices.”

“I want to come back to this idea of the cap, which was left hanging in the air. Earlier this month, you were caught selling flights to the Europa League final in Bilbao for £1,800. Clearly, the cap is not £1,800, because that definitely happened. I had a look last night at how much it would be to charter a private jet.…”

“To follow up on that point, the Competition and Markets Authority published a report last year, as I am sure you are aware, examining the accessibility of loyalty schemes, and it made several recommendations to improve them. I have not heard that it is necessarily happening. The report cited these issues and suggested,…”

“Could someone not come into the store and just say, “I would like one of these cards” and sign up?”

“Why do you need to have an address to have one?”

“Both of your companies offer loyalty schemes. I am sure that many people benefit from some of the savings, but there are groups of people who are not able to benefit, specifically younger people, homeless people and those with no fixed abode. There are also issues for people who do not have access to a smartphone. Why …”

“My constituent Owen Sutton is 26 and living with a rare brain tumour. He has undergone four major surgeries, had proton beam therapy, and suffers frequent seizures, but despite that, he has raised thousands of pounds, as well as awareness, as an incredible young ambassador for the Brain Tumour Charity. Owen and the cha…”

“In 1993, my constituents Liz and Steve Fitzgerald tragically lost their daughter Claire and 11 other pupils in a school minibus accident. Together, we have been campaigning to make school minibus travel safer. The NASUWT union found that many teachers are still being pressured to drive school minibuses without the appr…”

“I thank all hon. Members for their insightful contributions to this ceremonious debate, the personal stories shared and the tone of the debate. We have witnessed a marriage today between my hon. Friends the Members for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) and for Aylesbury (Laura Kyrke-Smith), which was a treat for a…”

“I totally agree with my right hon. Friend. I will go on to give more detail about the challenges that we are facing, and about the easy option that we have for the Government. I hope that, after today, they will take that forward and I look forward to hearing more about that. Thousands of people still have humanist wed…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the recognition of humanist marriages. It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I start by declaring an interest as a member of the all-party parliamentary humanist group, to which Humanists UK provides the secretariat. Many Members present are also mem…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton North East (Mrs Brackenridge) for securing this debate. I started my career working for Oxfam, whose mission was to make poverty history. Across the country, including in my constituency, we have seen what over…”

“If I could start with you, Russell, I was just wondering whether you have clarity and confidence in whether you can benefit from the terms of this US-UK trade deal?”