Rejected petition Decriminalise TV Licence Evasion

Decriminalise non payment of the television licence and remove all reminders for non payments sent via postal system and or email.

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The enforcement of fines and potential for conviction adversely affects low wage and unemployed families who have a right to information and national news regardless of income.

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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/549628

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Date submitted 23 June 2020
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