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Introduce an independent body to oversee complaints about TV licence enforcement

Submitted by Neil Smith on Tuesday 27th July 2021

Published on Friday 30th July 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 30th January 2022

Signatures: 540

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BBC ~ Cancel ~ Citizens ~ Criminal ~ independence ~ Mountain ~ Office ~ Officers ~ Police ~ The Independent ~ The Police ~ TV

Petition Action

Introduce an independent body to oversee complaints about TV licence enforcement

Petition Details

The Government should create an independent body, equivalent to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, to oversee complaints about TV licence enforcement.

Additional Information

Citizens viewing only non-BBC, on-demand services do not legally require a TV licence. There is a mountain of anecdotal and documentary evidence that citizens who formally cancel are being subjected to unwarranted, repeated legal threat letters and home visits in the absence of any credible evidence of TV licence offences. Enforcement of TV licences should be subject to the same rules and accountability as the police when conducting what amount to criminal investigations.


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