I am sorry if was not clear. The charter clearly said that the licence fee may not be used to fund the World Service. The Government then required that it should—and retrospectively changed the charter in the Privy Council.
Digital Economy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Birt
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 29 March 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.
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Session
2016-17
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2017-04-03 14:20:22 +0100
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