Petition · past parliament

The BBC should lose their right to charge for a TV licence

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The BBC are extremely biased in their reporting and the British public no longer believe they should force people to pay a licence fee.
Remove that right as they are now incapable of reporting without forcing their ideas upon us. IE they always show a negative side to things like Brexit.
During the referendum the never gave both sides freedom of speech and concentrated on the remain side as a positive force and leaves as racists and unintelligent.
They no longer represent value for money and we are forced to pay for the service even if we don't use it!
Remove the licence and allow advertising to pay for programming.

Why it was rejected

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

This petition is similar to yours:
Revoke the BBC's charter and privatise the company.

Timeline

9 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
10 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Feb 2017

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