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Wednesday 24 February 2021

MPs to Discuss Petition Calling for Revocation of TV Licence

MPs are to discuss the outcome of a petition calling for legislation to revoke the BBC TV licence.

The petition, which attracted just shy of 111,000 signatories, highlighted the unfairness of current legislation, which requires every household receiving TV programmes (or BBC on-demand programmes) to be covered by a valid TV licence, even if they do not make use of BBC services.

In its earlier responses to both the petition and the recent consultation on decriminalisation of TV licence evasion, the Government has said that whilst it plans on keeping the funding of the BBC under review there are currently no plans to change TV licence legislation.

The petition author added that the TV licence "is also seen as a unfair tax on those on low income which usually results in many being prosecuted for non payment putting them further in debt and possible jail".

Jonathan Gullis MP (Stoke-on-Trent North), member of the Petitions Committee, will open the discussion. The Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP, Minister for Media and Data, will respond for the Government.

The meeting can be viewed live on YouTube at 4.30 pm on Monday, 1st March 2021. Depending on who you listen to, a TV licence is not required to watch footage streamed on Parliament TV.

If it's anything like previous discussions on the TV licence, you can expect a lot of media-pandering backbenchers to indulge in copious amounts of BBC arse-licking.

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