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Digital tax on Licence fee payers?
October 12, 2005 12:00 PM
Commenting on the BBC's request for a rise in the License fee, Eleanor Burnham AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Broadcasting said:
"Plans for more quality programmes, fewer repeats, expanded education provision, and access to programmes online and on demand are welcome
"Achieving all this for a real terms increase of an extra 5 pence per week each year, seems good value and subject to close scrutiny of the details, my colleagues in Westminster will support these proposals.
"But it's difficult to see why License Fee payers should pay for more than their fair share of the digital switchover. I raised these issues last week in my short debate on digital switchover and I feel that there needs to further debate on exactly how much switchover is going to cost and how we will pay for it.
"The license fee must not become just another Government stealth tax. Viewers should be protected from a license fee smash and grab."
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