Following the broadcast of a Channel 4 Dispatches programme into the issue earlier last month, Weatherley will use a Commons debate on secondary ticketing to call for the introduction of similar controls for the re-sale of tickets for some events as are already in place for the Olympics.

"As is well known and accepted as a matter of principle, it is against the law to on-sell an Olympic ticket -whether at a profit or not," says the MP for Hove. ...