Submitted on Wednesday 25th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop the TV License fee during the COVID-19 crisis
To encourage more people to stay home and stop the spread of the Coronavirus stop the TV License fee.
If citizens are entertained, it would reduce people from going out unnecessarily
As required in the Prime Minister's announcements over the past week more and more people are now unable to work and must remain at home due to the COVID-19 crisis.
In order to encourage citizens to stay home and be entertained consider removing the fee during this crisis.
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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.
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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