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18 May, 2013

‘Unhealthy’ drinking culture among British MPs: Survey – The Times of India

LONDON: Grabbing a drink at one of many parliament bars or pubs down the road is common practice among many UK parliamentarians but now some of them fear this seemingly harmless British pastime may be getting out of hand. A quarter of MPs believe there is an “unhealthy” culture of drinking in parliament, a new survey has suggested.

Of the 150 MPs who responded to a poll for charity Alcohol Concern, 26 per cent thought their colleagues drank too much. It also suggested that 1.33 million pounds was spent in the nine bars at the House of Commons in the year to March 2011.

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