{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/37579.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":37579,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Stop TV License Fee","background":null,"additional_details":"The BBC have for a long time had the benefit of taxpayers money to create their programmes, many of which cater for the minority whilst the majority pay with the benefit of 'no adverts'.\r\n\r\nWe are in a time where digital television has allowed us to make a better choice on what channels we want and we pay for that through companies such as Sky and Virgin Media and even have the option to record and watch without the adverts later.\r\n\r\nThe license fee should be abolished to remove this unfair advantage for the BBC and enable fair competition between broadcasters.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-08-23T07:30:10.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:21.865Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:39:11.744Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-23T07:30:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}