The Government is to launch a TV license UK formal review of the law making it a crime not to pay the television license after a backbench Conservative campaign U.S. command. Ministers commit to the new law on deregulation to complete a query on the crime of escape license within 16 months after more than 150 members began to push for the immediate decentralization.
The BBC believes that the proposal could lead to lower revenues and TV license UK services force ax, but on Friday seemed relieved that there was a respite from an instantaneous change in the law. A spokesman for the company said : " The BBC is the content of this proposal balances a quick review of TV license UK the subject with an appropriate examination of options , no decision before the revision of the laws. " A spokesman for the BBC Trust , said. "This is an issue that should be discussed in the round, including the potential impact on the net production of the BBC and licensing decisions in the process of reviewing the Charter amendment appears to be online with the " .
The TV license UK campaign was directed by Andrew Bridged , a Conservative PM who wants to make the non- payment of a civil crime and not an amendment to the bill following deregulation. The government has declared its intention to separate support Oliver Healed, Attorney General , leaving a joint amendment with the promise of a review of the matter. TV license UK the review will begin within three months of the law deregulation project approval and take over a year . Their findings will be presented to the BBC Trust, and the two Houses of Parliament.
Cases of persons accused of evading £ 145.50 costs accounted for more than 10 all criminal TV license UK prosecutions last year - with 155,000 people fined. A report in The Times that ministers were looking at the possibility of blocking the TV channels that do not pay as part of a movement to bring civil penalties for license fraud. Sources close to Maria Miller, the Minister of Culture , said that a large number of options are being floated , but the government has not achieved more in his mind to request a TV license UK review of how decentralization could potentially work. Amendment due to vote next week, said the review should begin within three months after the adoption of the law of deregulation and completed "no later than " one year after its creation.
TV license UK bridged also called for a motion "to replace the TV license offenses to civil monetary penalties due to the BBC. " The three amendments will be considered by the committee Bridged deregulation bill Tuesday. A Department of Culture, Media and Sport spokesman said: "The decentralization of non- payment of TV license UK the fee is an interesting idea.
