Petition · past parliament
Scrap the uk tv license, make the bbc go commercial.
Rejected
16 signatures
What the petition asks
We have hundreds of channels which we can watch free, but we have to pay a fee to watch bbc whether we want to or not, it’s like saying you have to pay cigarette tax even if you don’t smoke, it’s archaic and should be done away with.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 29 Jan 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Feb 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
16
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Feb 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.