Written question asked by Derek Wyatt (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 November 2005. It was answered by James Purnell (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Licence Fee-funded Programmes
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to ensure that all programmes funded through the BBC licence fee are made available free of charge only to UK citizens.
- Answer
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[holding answer 21 November 2005]: The Government has no plans to take such steps. We do not believe it is practicable or desirable to make British citizenship a criterion for reception of BBC programmes.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 439 c1820W;439 c1822W; 30616
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Access BBC Broadcasting programmes Television licences
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