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Petition · past parliament

to privatise the bbc

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I do not want to pay my licence fee to a political Broadcasting Company !!! with great sadness I think it should be to privatise
I'm old enough to remember the BBC being impartial !! and all of the sudden it's became the British Broadcasting Conservatives !! I do not want to pay my licence fee to a political Broadcasting Company !!! with great sadness I think it should be to privatise

Why it was rejected

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

Stop The TV licence by Privatising the BBC.

Timeline

26 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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