{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/240229.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":240229,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Abolish the BBC element of the TV license fee and make it subscription based.","background":"The majority of the people of the UK hereby call upon the government to abolish the BBC element of the TV licence fee, they keep putting up price hikes at a time when a lot of the general public can’t afford it, with the already inflated taxes.","additional_details":"A lot of people already have turned to streaming through other sites to stop paying the fee, because they already pay a fee to watch their content.\r\n\r\nIn this modern age, we need to either abolish this fee altogether, or make it into a packaged fee, where there is a small fee for the performing arts sector, and those who want to watch BBC can pay the higher fee.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":20,"created_at":"2019-02-02T09:53:02.326Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:45:01.342Z","rejected_at":"2019-02-08T12:45:51.563Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-02-02T10:01:39.285Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231342"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}