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End tax-payer subsidies for bars and restaurants in the Palace of Westminster

Submitted on Friday 23rd October 2020

Rejected on Friday 30th October 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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End tax-payer subsidies for bars and restaurants in the Palace of Westminster

Petition Details

MPs earn a minimum of £80,000 p/a, yet the tax-payer has to subsidise them gorging themselves and getting drunk.

Additional Information

Cos they voted to deny the poorest children in the UK £15 a week food vouchers during the upcoming six or seven weeks school holidays, claiming that poor children should not "be nationalised", when they themselves eat and drink in state subsidised restaurants and bars


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The House of Commons Catering service does not provide a subsidised service in the commercial sense of the word. Some venues make a profit, while 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 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.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Increase food and drink prices for MPs in House of Commons catering venues: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555565

We could accept a petition calling on the House of Commons to close all catering venues that operate at a loss, if that's what you want to happen.

Catering and expenses in the House of Lords is a matter for that House, not the Government or House of Commons.

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