Current status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation to end ticket resales in Scotland for profit, in light of the UK Government's recently announced plans.
The Scottish Government welcomes the statement of intent from the UK Government to explore possible legislative solutions and will continue to engage with the UK Government as their proposals to address this, and dynamic ticket pricing, continue to emerge.
As well as a range of existing legislative measures to address ticket resales for profit in general, the Scottish Government has previously criminalised ticket touting for specific major events held in Scotland. We have made detailed and specific exceptions for above face value sales to enable support for charitable causes, associated with such events.
Most recently the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 60), introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 12 March 2025, seeks to provide a range of commercial rights protections, including a ban on ticket touting, in order to meet UEFA’s requirements for hosting EURO 2028 matches in Scotland.
A more general provision driven by consumer protection, rather than commercial rights protection for EURO 2028, would be a reserved matter.
However, the Scottish Government also recognises the manner in which new technology has not only opened increased channels for selling tickets above face price but also making it easier to ticket tout on an industrial scale. As well as increasing the risk of fraud for fans, such activity also diverts funding away from the creative industries sector that might otherwise have been directly benefiting the artists and venues.