Petition · past parliament

Abolish TV Licence Fees For Everyone

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a bill to repeal laws requiring and enforcing citizens to pay a license including section 363 of the Communications Act 2003.
The BBC is considered by many as not an unbiased organisation and, furthermore, ideologically captured. Taking the decision to not call Hamas a terrorist organisation - one that is responsible for beheading babies - and requiring citizens to pay a licence fee by force to such an organisation is unconscionable.

I think it's time to allow citizens to remove support for such an organisation.

Why it was rejected

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

We currently have the following petition open on this topic:

Cancel the BBC license fee and shut down the BBC
Cancel the BBC license fee and shut down the BBC

Timeline

11 Oct 2023 Petition opened for signatures
17 Oct 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Oct 2023

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