{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770480.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":770480,"attributes":{"action":"Ban alcohol from Westminster","background":"Ban MPs from drinking alcohol whilst at work","additional_details":"Green MP Hannah Spencer has rightly highlighted the unacceptability of MPs drinking alcohol whilst at work and before voting on issues that affect the country. Moreover, the alcohol consumed on the Westminster campus is subsidised by taxpayers. No other workplace would permit this behaviour and anyone in another job would be sacked for working whilst under the influence of alcohol. This practice must stop. MPs are able to drink at their own expense when not working as the rest of us do.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2026-05-21T14:45:10.594Z","updated_at":"2026-06-03T09:45:01.743Z","rejected_at":"2026-06-03T09:45:01.649Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-21T19:04:40.000Z","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":[]}}}