§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will amend regulations concerning the need for television licences in houses of multiple occupation, to ensure that in those owned by universities for the use of students each student who has a television receiver is not required to purchase a separate licence. [107232]
§ Janet AndersonThe Government have no plans to amend the television licensing regulations so as to exempt students in accommodation owned by universities from the normal licensing requirements applicable to people living in accommodation in multiple occupation. To do so would discriminate against students living in other types of accommodation, while extending the concession to all students would inevitably prompt demands for similar concessions for other people living in comparable accommodation.