Petition · past parliament

Reinstate the Met Office as the BBC's weather service.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

They are the national experts that set the standard for weather forecasting and have proven their skills over 90 years and are used by sailors, airmen, RNLI and the military alike. Any alternative would surely be a compromise.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. 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.

There is an open petition calling for the creation of a statutory requirement for BBC weather forecasts to be provided by the UK Met Office:

Create statutory requirement for BBC Weather to be provided by the UK Met Office

Timeline

23 Aug 2015 Petition opened for signatures
26 Aug 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Aug 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.