A Bill to make provision for the abolition of the television licence fee; and for connected purposes.
The Bill would abolish the requirement for a television licence fee, by repealing the part of the Communications Act 2003 that relates to licensing of TV reception.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
9 November 2009
The Bill would scrap the obligation to pay a television licence by repealing the part of the Communications Act 2003 that licenses TV reception. In effect, people would no longer be legally required to hold a TV licence to watch live television. It sets out to end the current TV licensing system that funds and enforces television reception in the UK.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons; no further stages or votes have been recorded in this description.
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This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading debate on 16 October but there was an Objection taken under Standing Order No. 11(2).
The Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr Christopher Chope.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
