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
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This Bill would privatise the BBC by issuing shares to every licence fee payer, effectively turning the public broadcaster into a private company owned by the public. It would change how the BBC is funded and governed, detailing how shares are allocated and how the organisation would be run under private ownership. The Bill is currently at the 2nd Reading stage in the House of Commons.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Commons. The 1st Reading occurred on 7 July 2014. If progressed, it would move to committee stage, then report and third readings before potential Lords consideration.
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7 Jul 2014
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.
