Rejected petition: Ban alcohol, and Members being under the influence, in Parliament.
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No longer should it be acceptable to drink alcohol within the Houses of Parliament, nor indeed to sell it to members at a tax payer subsidised rate. Members of the Houses are employees of the public and it should be as unacceptable for them to be under the influence at work as it would anybody else.
There is rightfully no other role in the public sector where it would be acceptable for an employee to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in any measure during their duties.
Members of Parliament are not only the most well paid of all private sectors, you are making decisions, on a daily basis, that directly involve the lives of tens of millions of your constituents. It is absolutely disgusting that you are doing this while under the influence at all, let alone subsidised by the public
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for similar action:
'Ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in House of Commons venues'
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768417We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.