Submitted on Thursday 22nd October 2020
Rejected on Friday 30th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End All Subsidised Food And Alcohol For MPs.
If 1.4 million hungry kids can't be fed over the school holidays during a global pandemic when many parents who already had very little have even less, we don't want to be paying for MPs earning £70,000 per annum to eat and drink, either.
Our elected representatives should lead by example, and not rely on the state for free food and drink.
The base salary for an MP is more than enough to buy your own meals every day.
Free food and alcohol is a slap in the face of every child who will go hungry as a result of the voting down of the Opposition Motion on 21st October 2020, which would've seen free school meals extended into half term.
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Increase food and drink prices for MPs in House of Commons catering venues: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555565
Catering services for the House of Commons are provided by an in-house team who do not provide a subsidised service, though the cost of running the service means that it runs at a loss. It is important to note that while in some venues the cost of providing the service exceeds the income received in sales, other venues in the Commons make a profit which contributes to reducing overall costs. The House of Commons publishes details of the cost of House of Commons catering services: www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/catering-services/transparency-reporting-catering-services/
Customers of the House of Commons Catering Services include some of the 650 MPs but also around 14,500 other pass-holders, many of whom are staff on lower wages that work irregular hours. In addition, members of the public and non pass holding visitors to Parliament also have access to these services. The irregular hours and the unpredictability of Parliamentary business contribute to increasing the net cost of providing a catering service. To offset this many of the restaurants, dining room facilities and their staff, are used to cater for private events at times when they are not required by the House. This is one of a number of measures used to reduce
costs.
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