Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) -75s licences; and, since 2022, the whole cost of S4C. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) free speech, for the highest ethical standards in journalism, and for regulation totally free from political - Speech Link
3: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) chair of the BBC over recent months; she has done outstanding work for the BBC and indeed for Wales. - Speech Link
4: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) for the BBC and in the licences for the other PSBs that such expectations will be covered. - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) key considerations as we take forward the BBC funding review and the forthcoming charter review concluding - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) from Pakistan back to Afghanistan. - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) in standing up for values such as free speech, women’s rights and the rule of law. - Speech Link
3: Nigel Evans (Con - Ribble Valley) with responsibility for setting professional standards for care workers, for establishing a system of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) Friend the Member for Christchurch raises in his Bill: TV licences for the over-75s. - Speech Link
2: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) agreed that responsibility for the over-75s concession should transfer to the BBC. - Speech Link
3: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) maintain free licences for all over-75s. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andy Carter (CON - Warrington South) He mentions sending a very clear message to the BBC, but I would like to take him back to his point about - Speech Link
2: Emma Lewell-Buck (LAB - South Shields) changes to the over-75s licence fee. - Speech Link
3: Anna Firth (CON - Southend West) We know that younger people consume media online, but 35% of the over-75s do not consume their news online - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) , although I have to say that the Government have not helped by taking away free licences for older people - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) to sit back and take this. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) For example, take the Government’s attitude to the BBC. - Speech Link
2: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) At the same time, the BBC has had to take on, as my noble friend Lord Foster said, tasks such as funding - Speech Link
3: Lord Dubs (LAB - Life peer) We have already lumbered it with the licence fee for over-75s, and there is a freeze on its future income - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: John Spellar (LAB - Warley) Gentleman confirm that, under a Labour Government, the over-75s got their television licence for free - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) We used to have free television licences for the over-75s, and then, with a bit of smoke and mirrors, - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (CON - Folkestone and Hythe) the BBC would take on responsibility. - Speech Link
4: Damian Collins (CON - Folkestone and Hythe) for the over-75s concession should transfer to the BBC. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) and free TV licences for the over-75s. - Speech Link
2: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) tax, the TV licence for the over-75s, NHS dental, warm home discounts and many other things—as I am - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) Back in the real world, we have seen food bank use rocket over the last 12 years—the Trussell Trust alone - Speech Link
4: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) have for childcare while parents receiving tax-free childcare receive that funding immediately? - Speech Link
5: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) The Labour Opposition did support the Bill until it came back from the Lords. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) So I will not take any lessons from them about where the money is going to come from. - Speech Link
2: Mick Whitley (LAB - Birkenhead) step up and accept responsibility for a crisis from which they have profited so handsomely, or they can - Speech Link
3: Sarah Owen (LAB - Luton North) That, combined with increased food costs and this Government’s retrograde decision to scrap free TV licences - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) The last time they targeted it, the over-75s paid the price. - Speech Link
2: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) It was this Conservative Government who abolished automatic free television licences for the over-75s - Speech Link
3: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) I will bear his comments in mind and take them back. - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (CON - Aylesbury) does she agree that any new long-term model of funding for the BBC will need to take into account the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) I am clear that the BBC must support those affected by the decision to end free TV licences for over- - Speech Link
2: Nadine Dorries (CON - Mid Bedfordshire) Those visits are to assist the over-75s to get appropriately licenced, with the fee paid. - Speech Link
3: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) The BBC’s part of the agreement was that it would continue to fund free licence fees for the over-75s - Speech Link
4: Andy Carter (CON - Warrington South) Could I take the Minister back to the point raised earlier about Channel 4? - Speech Link