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Relax TV licence requirements to all during COVID-19

Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Relax TV licence requirements to all during COVID-19

Petition Details

Waiver the requirement for households to have a TV licence

Additional Information

To assist in keeping people socially distanced, the population are spending more time inside. Many do not have a TV licence enabling them to keep up todate with current affairs and to help with mental health.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action.

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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