FREE TELEVISION LICENCES FOR PENSIONERS (No. 2)

Early day motion 385, tabled 12 January 2009 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 52 members.

That this House notes that pensioners aged 75 years and over currently enjoy free television licences; recognises the importance of a television to elderly people who spend many hours in their own homes and depend heavily on their televisions; further notes the anomalies within the current system whereby the rate of television licence fees levied varies between those living in sheltered accommodation, nursing homes or their own home; and calls on the Government to end this disparity and provide free television licences for pensioners aged 65 years and over.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 5, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1.