This petition was submitted during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament
Rejected petition Replace BBC licence fee with subscription
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The compulsory BBC licence fee should be abolished and replaced with a subscription service, allowing viewers to decide for themselves if they wish to pay for BBC programmes and services.
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