The UK business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, said that closing the bars in parliament would be “excessively puritanical” as a response to concerns about a culture of inappropriate and sexist behaviour in the UK’s House of Commons.
However, alcohol does impair decision-making – and my research shows that UK MPs drink more alcohol than the general population. My colleagues and I conducted a survey which found that 40% of the MPs who responded were likely to drink at least four times a week, compared with 15% of the general population.
