Submitted on Wednesday 11th May 2022
Rejected on Friday 13th May 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop using public money to subsidise MP’s food and wine.
Stop using tax payers money to subsidise MP’s meals. They are already paid well above the average income. Public funds should be used for much more pressing things and MP’s should be willing to show we are all in this ‘cost of living crisis’ together.
Continuing to use public money to subsidise MP’s food and wine sends a very clear and unpleasant message to the people they are supposed to represent. While some on minimum wages cannot afford to eat, they are contributing to a lavish menu for others. Including wine.
This is wrong during a time of financial crisis.
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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.
You could have a petition calling for food and drink prices to be increased for MPs in House of Commons catering venues, if that is something you'd like to see happen.
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