{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768619.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":768619,"attributes":{"action":"Ban MPs from drinking alcohol at work, and cease to subsidise their drinks.","background":"Any member of Government or Parliment who consumes alcohol during while on the job must face the same reprecussions as any other working professional drinking on the job, including being dismissed from their employment as MP.\r\nStop subsidising beverages sold at Westminster with taxpayer money.","additional_details":"The unprofessional drinking culture in the houses of Parliment is entirely unacceptable. For those directing the affairs of the nation, getting drunk and consuming alcohol at work, and before voting, should be met with the same reprecussions as any other profession.\r\n\r\nIn the interest of tackling this culture, and the apparent dissonance between those in Government and their constituents who they are employed to represent, we believe that the subsidation of beverages sold at Westminster must end.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2026-04-29T08:34:12.279Z","updated_at":"2026-05-26T14:47:06.886Z","rejected_at":"2026-05-26T14:47:06.889Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-04-29T09:58:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:\r\n\r\nBan the sale and consumption of alcohol in House of Commons venues\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768417\r\n\r\nCatering services for the House of Commons are provided by an in-house team who do not provide a subsidised service in the commercial sense of the word. Some venues make a profit, referred to as contribution because it contributes to reducing overall costs. In other venues, the cost of providing the service does exceed the income received in sales due to the irregular hours and unpredictability of parliamentary business. The contribution or cost of each venue is calculated by subtracting the food and operational costs from the catering sales. Rather than a subsidy, the House monitors the contribution or cost of each catering venue, which include cafeterias, dining rooms, restaurants and bars. Prices of food and drink are regularly benchmarked against appropriate external comparators.\r\n\r\nYou can read more about this here: https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/freedom-of-information/information-we-already-publish/house-of-commons-publication-scheme/catering-services/house-of-commons-cost-of-catering/\r\n\r\nWe can't accept petitions about catering in the House of Lords as that is the responsibility of the House of Lords."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}