This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Change TV licence fee law to only cover BBC channels.
TV licence law should only cover channels from the BBC.
As the licence fee does not support any other broadcaster the law regarding live TV should only be in regards to BBC channels.
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Change TV licence law to only cover BBC channels.
All other broadcasters should be free to watch live.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months
Related activity
Petitions Committee schedule e-petition session on TV licensing for 1 March 2021
On Monday 1 March the Petitions Committee will hold a virtual e-petition session to discuss the TV licensing. MPs will discuss the issue in light of a petition calling for the Government to Revoke the TV licence using legislation: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300118
Watch live from 4.30pm on Monday 1 March:
https://youtu.be/_bRiLl7OA4A
Petitions sessions and debates are an opportunity for MPs to discuss the important issues raised by petitions, however they cannot directly change the law or result in a vote to implement the request of the petition.
The petition calling for the Government to revoke the TV licence using legislation is being considered in an e-petition session because sittings in Westminster Hall (where e-petitions are normally debated) have been suspended as part of Parliament’s arrangements for adapting to the Coronavirus outbreak.