Submitted on Thursday 19th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Remove restrictions on TV Licensing of live TV during Coronavirus crisis
Considering that HM Government has decided to delay the end of free TV Licenses for the over 75s due to the COVID-19 Crisis, they should also extend this to all households so that they can be informed of current plans directly. For current licence-payers, their fees should be temporarily waived.
The restrictions on Live TV broadcasts are understandable in normal circumstances. However, given that the Government is making daily announcements, it is important for the information to be available without filter.
All households should have access to this information, and removing the restrictions on Live TV are critical to this.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Abolish TV License Fee during the Corona Virus emergency: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306187
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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