This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Stop tax payers subsidising Parliament bar.
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MPs earn enough money to pay for their own beverages and do not subsidising in the Parliament bars. This tax payers money (approximately £7m per year) could be more wisely spent elsewhere.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/117596
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