A new poll shows British MPs are concerned about Parliament booze culture.
A quarter of British MPs have expressed concerns about an “unhealthy” drinking culture in the Houses of Parliament, a new poll shows.
According to a ComRes survey of 150 lawmakers in the UK parliament published on Friday, some 26 percent of MPs believe there is too much drinking in Westminster.
The research, which was commissioned by the charity Alcohol Concern, also found that a total of £1.33 million was spent in the nine bars at the House of Commons in the year to March 2011.
Female MPs were more likely to be concerned about the amount that is drunk in Westminster with 36 percent saying that there is an unhealthy drinking culture in parliament, compared to 24 percent among males.
Alcohol Concern chief executive Eric Appleby called for the parliamentary authorities to act on the findings.
“If a quarter of employees reported an unhealthy drinking culture in any other organization it would provoke immediate action by bosses,” he said.
Earlier in March, British parliamentary authorities banned MP Eric Joyce from buying alcohol in the House of Commons after he was arrested for a second time for a drunken fight at a parliamentary bar.
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