Rejected petition Petition to end subsidised food in Parliament

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We the undersigned petition HM Government to immediately withdraw, with permanant effect, the subsidised food available to members of parliament.
It is absurd that the average taxpayer (average earnings ~£25k) should subsidise food for the average MP (minimum earnings £60k plus allowances, expenses etc).
The poor should never subsidise food for the rich. It is a mockery to spend £5.8 million per annum subisdising food for just 650 MPs. As they sit 150 days per year this is £60 per day per MP, more than the average person will spend on food in a week.

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Date submitted 27 February 2012
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