{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770431.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":770431,"attributes":{"action":"Ban MPs from drinking on the job","background":"MPs should not be allowed to drink alcohol while attending parliamentary sessions. They are voting on issues essential to this county and their judgement should not be impaired. This is a place of work and is funded by taxpayers!","additional_details":"Currently it is common place for MPs to during their working days. There are several bars selling alcohol at discounted rates inside the houses of parliament, this is completely unacceptable for a workplace environment.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2026-05-21T05:30:39.910Z","updated_at":"2026-06-03T09:44:32.198Z","rejected_at":"2026-06-03T09:44:32.200Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-22T07:08:20.000Z","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":[]}}}