Strangers’ Bar — at the center of a report of drink-spiking in UK parliament — will close while ‘security and safety arrangements are reviewed.”

Britain's parliament will shut a bar popular with lawmakers from Monday as it reviews its security arrangements following an alleged drink spiking incident that police are investigating. Strangers' Bar,

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and the Director of Parliamentary Security ordered the closure on safety grounds on Friday. A House of Commons spokesman said: “Strangers’ Bar will close from Monday, January 20 while security and safety arrangements are reviewed. “The safety of everyone on the estate remains a key priority of both Houses.”

Police are investigating a report that a woman had her drink spiked in one of the bars in the Houses of Parliament. The parliamentary researcher reported her drink had been tampered with to bar staff and security in the early evening of Tuesday 7 January, the second day of Parliament after the festive break.

The alleged incident took place in early January, when a parliamentary researcher alerted police and bar staff after her drink was thought to have been tampered with. A House of C