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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-06-09more like thismore than 2021-06-09
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Television Licences more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement from Annabel Denham, the Director of Communications at the Institute for Economic Affairs that after 75 years the BBC licence is “no longer fit for purpose” and should be replaced by a “subscriber-owned mutual.” more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Truscott more like this
uin HL978 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-06-16more like thismore than 2021-06-16
answer text <p>The government has committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the duration of this 11 year Charter period, until 2027.</p><p>We will revisit the licence fee model in advance of the next Charter.</p><p>The government is committed to ensuring that the BBC and all public service broadcasters adapt to a fast changing market, and keeping them at the heart of our world class TV sector.</p><p>The BBC has already committed to consider how alternative funding models, such as subscription, could supplement licence fee income before the next Charter Review.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-06-16T14:27:19.437Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-16T14:27:19.437Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
3682
label Biography information for Lord Truscott more like this