Police are investigating reports that a woman had been drinking at a bar in the Houses of Parliament.
The parliamentary researcher reported that his drink was tampered with by bar staff and security on the evening of Tuesday 7 January, the second day of parliament after the festive break.
The alleged incident took place at Strangers Bar, which is open to MPs and their guests as well as parliamentary staff at 6.30pm.
A Met Police spokeswoman confirmed investigations were ongoing and the victim was being assisted, but no arrests had been made “at this stage”.
A spokesperson for the UK Parliament also reportedly confirmed the spiking, as first reported. Politics.
He said: “We are aware of an incident that occurred on the Parliamentary Estate in early January, which was reported to Parliamentary Security and is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service.”
Just before the Christmas break, a group of Labor backbench MPs presented a plan to ban the sale of alcohol in parliament during office hours to a committee looking at modernizing parliament.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned spiking as “a disturbing and serious crime which can have a damaging and lasting impact on victims” as the government cracked down on violence against women and girls through the Crime and Policing Bill. Down is promised.
Parliament’s official complaints authority, the Independent Complaints and Grievances Scheme (ICGS), has criticized Westminster’s heavy drinking culture as a “recurring factor” in complaints and code of conduct breaches.