Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 19131

Television Licences: Non-payment

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 16 December 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to decriminalise non-payment of the BBC licence fee.

Answer

Stephanie Peacock
It is important that the television licence fee has a fair enforcement regime that does not disproportionately impact vulnerable people, and the Secretary of State has discussed this issue with the BBC’s leadership.As part of the next Charter Review, the ...
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