Daniel Kawczynski MP criticises free meals for Commons’ staff

Wednesday 7th September 2011, 1:40PM BST.

Daniel Kawczynski
Daniel Kawczynski

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski this afternoon branded free meals for Commons’ catering staff a ‘staggering’ waste of taxpayers’ money and demanded they be forced to pay.

Mr Kawczynski said the £224,000 cost of subsidised food would be better spent on schools and hospitals.


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    jeffb

    I agree with him but the greedy pigs will not get their snouts out of the trough now they have lost all their expenses fiddles.

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    • Steve

      Read the article. He is not talking about the MPs – he is talking about the employees who prepare and serve the food.

      I would imagine that the ‘free meals’ are actually a part of their salary package and are therefore taxed as a benefit-in-kind.

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    Woody

    And would he agree that an MP’s salary should mean they don’t claim offensive amounts of expensenses.
    He is a true example of “the pot calling the kettle black”, having claimed £125,597.82 for year ending 31/03/2011.
    A cheap attack on the staff who feed those with their noses in the public trough!

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    adetheshades

    Must be a very easy life if this is all he has got to worry about in his job. Can I have it? would not like to have him as a work colleague.

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    Colin.D.

    I suppose he has to complain about something to justify his being called an MP.

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    Chris Marshall

    If I were him I wouldn’t eat there any more.

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