Submitted on Sunday 8th October 2017
Rejected on Friday 13th October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make government pay for their own meals and save the taxpayer £3.7million a year
Last year the British taxpayer contributed more than £3.7million to subsidising food and drink in the Houses of Parliament. However we are expected to pay for our own lunch whilst at work as well as our children's school lunches meaning a lot of people skip meals as they simply cant afford to eat.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
The Commons catering service serves around 14,500 parliamentary staff, pass holders and thousands of visitors, as well as MPs. Government Ministers or even all MPs paying the full cost of their meals would not save £3.7 million, so we're not sure what specific action you'd like the Government or Parliament to take.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking Parliament or Government to stop subsidising catering in the Houses of Parliament, if that's what you'd like to happen.
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