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Television Licences: Non-payment

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 905458, tabled on 13 October 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to review the rules relating to non-payment of the TV licence fee.

Answered on

16 October 2014

The government supported amendments in the Deregulation Bill and has committed to a thorough, independent review of how the licence fee is enforced. The Secretary of State announced last month that the Review will begin shortly and will conclude early in the next parliament.

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