Police probe drink spiking report in Parliament bar

Police are investigating a study that a pistillate had her portion spiked successful 1 of the bars successful the Houses of Parliament.

The parliamentary researcher reported her portion had been tampered with to barroom unit and information successful the aboriginal evening of Tuesday 7 January, the 2nd time of Parliament aft the festive break.

The alleged incidental happened successful the Strangers' Bar, which is is unfastened to MPs and their guests arsenic good arsenic parliamentary staff, astatine astir 18:30.

A Met Police spokesperson confirmed an probe is underway and the unfortunate is being supported, but nary arrests person been made "at this stage".

A UK Parliament spokesperson besides confirmed the alleged spiking, arsenic archetypal reported by Politico.

He said: "We are alert of an incidental which took spot connected the parliamentary property successful aboriginal January, which was reported to parliamentary information and is present being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Service."

Just earlier the Christmas break, a radical of Labour backbench MPs submitted plans to curb income of intoxicant successful Parliament during bureau hours to a committee looking astatine modernisation of Parliament.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned spiking arsenic "a disturbing and superior transgression which tin person a damaging and long-lasting interaction connected victims" arsenic the authorities pledged a crackdown connected unit against women and girls done the Crime and Policing Bill.

Parliament's authoritative complaints authority, the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) has criticised Westminster's dense drinking civilization arsenic a "frequent factor" successful complaints and breaches of the codification of conduct.