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Sporting Events Bill [HL]
Sporting Events Bill [HL] has completed 2nd reading on 3 Sep 2026 in the House of Commons. Parliament currently lists Committee stage as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 2nd reading3 Sep 2026
- Current stage
- Committee stage
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Government Bill
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Baroness Twycross Proposer / sponsor · Labour · House of Lords
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· House of Commons
Further scheduled dates
- · Committee stage · House of Commons
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View in Parliamentary CalendarWhat this bill is about
The Sporting Events Bill [HL] would set up a common legal framework for “major sporting events” held in the UK. It would include measures relating to ticket touting, advertising and trading in designated areas around venues, and preventing “unauthorised association” with events. The bill also includes, for England, transport-planning and traffic-management style powers for qualifying events, and allows the UK government and devolved administrations to provide financial assistance for major sporting events and related legacy or social impact initiatives. Ministers could choose which parts of the framework apply to particular events.
What it would do
- Create a framework for “major sporting events” that can be applied to specific events by secondary legislation.
- Include a ticket touting offence (with criminal and/or civil financial penalty options described in supporting materials).
- Restrict certain advertising and trading in designated areas around venues and address unauthorised activity.
- For England, provide for qualifying events a transport plan and related traffic-management style powers; also provide financial assistance powers for major events.
Bill journey
Matched Commons vote groups are shown inside the relevant stage where the stored dates allow a match.
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1st reading 14 May 2026 · House of Lords
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2nd reading 3 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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Committee stage 24 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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Report stage 15 Jul 2026 · House of Lords
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3rd reading 21 Jul 2026 · House of Lords
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1st reading 1 Sep 2026 · House of Commons
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Money resolution 3 Sep 2026 · House of Commons
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Programme motion 3 Sep 2026 · House of Commons
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2nd reading 3 Sep 2026 · House of Commons
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