Licence Fee will endure as BBC Director General reveals BBC future DetailsEditor | 03 March 2015 On the back of stinging criticism from the UK Government regarding its funding and governance, the BBC has revealed its response and its plans for what may be an uncertain future. Only days ago, in a damning assessment, the UK's powerful Culture, Media and Sport Committee called for major changes to the BBC's funding and governance. Even though it regarded the BBC as a valued and important feature of national life, the committee said that it could see no long-term future in the BBC Licence Fee and said the corporation was in need of stronger governance and more challenging, independent oversight if it is to be held accountable. Moreover, it said that there were major questions to be answered by the BBC as to what justifies the close to £4 billion of public money spent on the corporation, and what the scope and scale of its activities should be. BBCIn a speech effectively representing the BBC's first response since the criticism, BBC Director General Tony Hall welcomed the report, calling it an important piece of work. Pointedly, Hall noted that the BBC had always said that the Licence Fee should be updated to reflect changing times. "I welcome the committee's endorsement of our proposal to require people to pay the licence fee even if they only watch catch-up television," he said. "The committee has suggested another route to modernising the Licence Fee