A Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation by providing shares in the Corporation to all licence fee payers.
House of Commons
30 March 2015
The BBC Privatisation Bill would privatise the British Broadcasting Corporation by issuing shares to every licence fee payer. This would shift the BBC from public ownership to private ownership, with licence fee payers becoming shareholders. The bill would set out how the funding and governance of the BBC would change, subject to parliamentary approval.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the Commons, an early stage; it has yet to reach committee or subsequent readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 7 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-2015 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
