Hold a Vote to End Subsidised Meals for MPs

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

At a time of record austerity it doesn't feel right that our generously compensated MPs are having their food and drink subsidised by the working public. If we are truly all in this together, it's time for MPs to tighten their belts and pay for their own meals in full.

Nurses have to pay for their own meals, teachers have to pay for their own meals, struggling working families are being directed to food-banks in order to survive, How is it acceptable that MPs on £84,144 per year are having their meals subsidised by a cost of up to £17 million pounds per year? In this dark time of austerity i'm sure our Right Honorable MPs agree that we all need to make sacrifices, find any money where we can and put the country first.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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: https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/catering-services/transparency-reporting-catering-services/

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Raise prices for House of Commons catering services to enable full cost recovery: Raise prices for House of Commons catering services to enable full cost recovery

Timeline

18 Nov 2022	Petition opened for signatures
22 Nov 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Nov 2022

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