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New laws to clamp down on ticket touts at Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games have been unanimously approved by MSPs.

It bans ticket touts and unauthorised advertising from the immediate vicinity of the venues.

The Commonwealth Games Bill provides for a transport plan and for the compulsory purchase of land.

The new powers will also give Glasgow City Council powers to tackle unauthorised advertising, in a bid to protect sponsors.

Street traders near sports venues would be banned and ticket touts could face £5,000 fines.

The council would also be given special powers to control traffic and to purchase land.

Trading standards officers would be given powers to seize offending merchandise, cover billboards and signs and, under warrant, search premises where they suspect offences are being committed.

Sports Minister Stewart Maxwell said work to stop ticket touts would ensure that "everyone in Scotland can enjoy the events at a fair price".

"The Games will be commercially attractive, but won't be cluttered by unofficial or unsuitable trading and advertising."

But Mr Maxwell raised concerns over the use of Lottery funding for sport in Scotland.

He said: "We have gone on record to express our concern that £150m is being diverted away from Scotland to help pay for the London 2012 Olympic Games."

Mr Maxwell also assured MSPs that "detailed work" would commence to make sure human traffickers could not hide behind the influx of visitors to Scotland.