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BBC Licence Fee (Civil Penalty) Bill

A Bill to make provision to decriminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee.

Last fetched 25 Apr 2026 · parliament.uk

Progress through Parliament2 stages recorded

Commons

1st reading

05 Sept 2017

Commons

2nd reading

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DocumentsOpen on parliament.uk →

Human rights memorandum

application/pdf · 12 Sept 2018

Bill 34 2017-19 (as introduced)

text/html · 14 Mar 2018

Sponsor

Sir Christopher Chope

At a glance

Typebill

Statusactive

Stage2nd reading

Stage date05 Sept 2017

OriginatedCommons

Currently inCommons

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