BBC Licence Fee (Hansard, 30 June 2003)

HC Deb 30 June 2003 vol 408 c32W 32W

§ 19. Miss McIntosh
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the future of the BBC licence fee. [122096]

§ Tessa Jowell
The Government's intention is that the television licence fee will remain as the main source of BBC funding at least until the expiry of the BBC's current Royal Charter at the end of 2006. The subsequent funding arrangements will need to be considered as part of BBC Charter review.