The Daily Record has long campaigned for a price cap on the resale of tickets.
It’s clearly the best way to kill the trade of ticket touts.
A lower cap of 10 per cent would no doubt be more damaging to touts – and more protective of fans – than one as high as 30 per cent.
The UK Government is to be commended for following up on pledges by Keir Starmer to take to profits away from the bad actors in the ticketing world – of which there are many.
Starmer will have his work cut out trying to persuade big acts to ditch dynamic pricing, platinum tickets and all the other by-words for rip-offs.
The current consultation will move towards changes in UK law, putting more pressure on Trading Standards and the Competition and Market Authority to police it.
This woolly language should send a chill to the heart of anyone monitoring the ticketing world.
There are already laws in place that would drastically curtail the lawbreaking and bad practice of Viagogo and the touts they are in cahoots with.
But there is rarely any action taken by the enforcement bodies – which are patently not funded or staffed to any degree that would support a proper enforcement regime.
The key to protecting fans is hammering the resale sites that break the law.
We should impose a firm, unequivocal resale price cap, ensuring that tickets cannot even be listed if they are outwith this limit.
And we should make sure that the bosses of Viagogo and other dodgy secondary platforms are no longer allowed to trample over UK law with impunity.
End nightmare
The sight of a retired police officer forced to lie on a hospital floor for five hours while a bed is found for him will shock many people.
But overworked staff in Scotland’s A&E wards will know it’s only part of the story.
One nurse told the officer’s family of a time it took 50 hours to find a bed for another patient.
These examples are just some of the many where Scots are not getting the kind of experience they deserve when visiting hospitals across the country.
The public understands the NHS is under huge pressure over the winter, a problem exacerbated by rising flu cases.
And Scots respect the huge efforts made by health workers during these trying circumstances.
But they still have a right to expect any visit to an A&E ward will not turn into a living nightmare.
No patient should be left on a floor.
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