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To: Public Accounts Committee
Put Houses of Parliament restaurants out to tender
The Houses of Parliament catering services should be put out to tender, just as they've forced other national institutions and essential services to do, such as the provision of meals within the NHS and our schools.
All existing restaurants to be replaced by a single blanket contract following the tender process.
The maximum cost per portion should be equivalent to that of NHS meals for patients, or less.
This does not refer to the price the customers pay - it refers to the cost of the ingredients used to prepare those meals.
Why is this important?
I believe that the time has come that our representatives should no longer be allowed to eat at subsidised private restaurants, and that the food they consume should be brought into line with food the general public can buy at the same price point.
Our MPs, having just given themselves a 25% pay rise, are still able to eat subsidised food at these exclusive restaurants, often for less than the cost of a full english breakfast at a greasy spoon cafe, or a McDonalds "meal deal".
Please refer to the cost they pay for meals as shown in the freedom of information request from 2012, as linked below for some indication of the (sarcasm alert !) outrageous costs they have to pay.
Example: Grilled rump steak with Diane sauce and parmentier potatoes £4
