To be absolutely clear, people are not going to prison for refusing to pay the TV licence fee. The reality is that people are sent to prison for refusing to pay the penalty for not paying the fee in the first place. The former Solicitor-General has intervened a couple of times to suggest the opposite to that.
Deregulation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Karl Turner
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 March 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Deregulation Bill.
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