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Petition · past parliament

make bbc a subscription service so license fee is optional

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

I don't watch the bbc so why do I have to pay a TVs license fee to watch the other channels that I actually watch? why not make bbc signal an optional subscription like satellite TV? Then nobody will receive it without paying and nobody will pay for something they don't want or need

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Scrap the TV licence and make the BBC a SUBSCRIPTION channel.

Timeline

3 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Mar 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Mar 2016

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