Submitted on Thursday 6th October 2022
Rejected on Monday 17th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
End subsidies on food and drink for Members of Parliament.
Vote to change the law that allows MP to receive subsidies on food and drink, including alcoholic drinks, consumed by them in the Houses of Parliament.
As some of the highest paid State employees and given the current standard of living crisis being experienced by the population, Members of Parliament should not expect tax payers to subsidise their food and drink, particularly when schools are struggling to provide nutritious free meals to children living in poverty.
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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/
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay, including expenses for subsistence. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government. You can find out more about IPSA here: http://www.theipsa.org.uk
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Raise prices for House of Commons catering services to enable full cost recovery: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622377
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