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Rejected Close all bars and ban the consumption of alcohol on the Parliamentary estate.

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We call upon the House of Commons Commission and the UK Government to immediately close all commercial bars, restaurants, and catering outlets serving alcohol within the Palace of Westminster, and to implement a strict ban on the consumption of alcohol by Members of Parliament (MPs).

MPs' Code of Conduct be amended to make attending parliamentary debates, committee meetings, or entering the voting lobbies under the influence of alcohol a serious disciplinary offence.Additional InformationIn almost every standard UK workplace—including schools, hospitals, construction sites, and emergency services—drinking alcohol while on duty is a gross misconduct offence resulting in immediate dismissal. Members of Parliament are elected to vote on laws, national security, and public.

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Ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in House of Commons venues
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768417

Catering 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.

You 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/

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