Closed petition Decriminalise BBC tv licence evasion

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• 3 March 2021

  Petition closed

• 23 February 2021

  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.

• 3 September 2020

  Petition published

  This petition can now be signed.

  If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

  If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

  This petition will stay open until 3 March 2021.