BBC TELEVISION LICENCE FEES

Early day motion 2483, tabled 13 June 2019 by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Independent). Signed by 22 members.

That this House regrets the decision taken by the BBC to ask over-75s to pay television licence fees from June 2020; believes that the responsibility for such decisions should be transferred back to the Government from the BBC with the aim of retaining a universal exemption for over-75s; further believes that, as part of this scheme, arrangements should be made for the over-75s who are better-off to be given the option of contributing sums on a voluntary basis, equivalent to what they would have paid in fees to pay for less well-off families of working age to gain exemption from fees.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 8, Labour 7, Independent 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, DUP 1, Liberal Democrat 1.