This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Withdraw future funding from BBC licence fees for the Eurovision Song Contest
Nations qualify for the competition on merit, not funding. The UK represents one of the "big 5" that funds Eurovision. Withdrawing from the big 5 ensures better value to the UK licence fee payer, promotes qualification by virtue and ensures a level playing field. The UK should withdraw funding.
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Mandate tye BBC and British broadcasting preventing it from any future funding of Eurovision in order to provide better value to the UK licence fee payer and promote a fairer merit based contest.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Decisions about the UK's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and funding for the EBU is a matter for the BBC, not the Government or House of Commons.
The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.
This means the Government is not responsible for decisions relating to the Eurovision Song Contest and the EBU.
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