United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7613
Television Licences: Older People
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24 January 2020
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29 January 2020 · Answer
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29 January 2020
Summary
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the BBC on the decision to remove the free TV licence for pensioners aged 75 and over.
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24 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the BBC on the decision to remove the free TV licence for pensioners aged 75 and over.
Source: Commons
29 January 2020
Answer
The Secretary of State has met with the Chairman of the BBC Board and the Director-General of the BBC and asked them to do more to help those affected by the BBC’s decision. The Government is disappointed with the BBC's decision to restrict the over 75 li...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-24/7613
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1173229
- uk · wq-1173229 · source updated 29 January 2020