{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770542.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":770542,"attributes":{"action":"Stop MP's Consuming Alcohol At Work (& Remove Alcohol Subsidy)","background":"We want to stop MPs drinking alcohol during their working day, and to remove all subsidies on alcohol sales in the many bars inside the Houses of Parliament. In addition we want to remove the option to claim for alcohol as a legitimate expense on MPs expenses claims.","additional_details":"Members of Parliament can drink alcohol in the Houses of Parliament at 6 bars. After work as a way to unwind, fine, however it is common for MPs to drink alcohol during their working day, then go vote on matters affecting us all. This isn't right.\r\n\r\nThe same rules should apply for our elected officials as we ourselves are held to, no alcohol at work, if you want a drink after work, you have to pay for it yourself out of your salary, not expenses, and not subsidised by your employer either.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2026-05-22T09:40:23.193Z","updated_at":"2026-05-26T14:25:15.589Z","rejected_at":"2026-05-26T14:25:15.593Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-22T10:29:00.000Z","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\nThe Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) makes rules about MPs' expenses. MPs cannot claim expenses for alcohol. You can find out more here: https://www.theipsa.org.uk/publications/the-scheme\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":[]}}}