This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition End the BBC License Fee
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The BBC should stand on its own feet as a business.
It should not rely on a blanket license fee or TV owners, regardless of those TV owners watch any BBC channels.
The BBC should operate on a commercial basis and thus be more competitive, similarly to ITV or Channel 4.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/163247
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