Submitted on Friday 22nd May 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
UK public want alcohol consumption banned until Parliament concluded business
Make it a requirement that all MPs abstain from drinking alcohol while parliament is in session. They should only be allowed to consume alcohol after the days business has concluded. No drinking on the job! Thank you to the Green Party representative for bringing this to our attention.
Hannah Spencer MP raised a very valid concern, not only about the subsidies granted to MPs which should be dealt with outwith this petition, that MP’s taking important decisions on the UK’s behalf are potentially under the influence of alcohol. Across the country it is not allowed due to employers duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act. We the people, as your employer, want ensure you make sound decisions on our behalf and want to change the policy that allows this practice.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in House of Commons venues
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/768417
Catering services for the House of Commons are provided by an in-house team who do not provide a subsidised service in the commercial sense of the word. Some venues make a profit, referred to as contribution because it contributes to reducing overall costs. 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 contribution or cost of each venue is calculated by subtracting the food and operational costs from the catering sales. Rather than a subsidy, the House monitors the contribution or cost of each catering venue, which include cafeterias, dining rooms, restaurants and bars. Prices of food and drink are regularly benchmarked against appropriate external comparators.
You can read more about this here: www.parliament.uk/site-information/freedom-of-information/information-we-already-publish/house-of-commons-publication-scheme/catering-services/house-of-commons-cost-of-catering/
We can't accept petitions about catering in the House of Lords as that is the responsibility of the House of Lords.
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