The presentation was hosted and chaired by Lord Broers, Chair of the All-Party Group and Committee of the House of Lords, former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and a distinguished electrical engineer.

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Taylor, who is also former vice-president of the British Board of Film Classification and Chancellor of Bournemouth University, said it had been a common practice among peers to claim for fake journeys and enter expenses claims with a false address as a main residence, and he believed it was acceptable to do this provided there was a "family connection" with the property.

BBC: Lord Taylor guilty of making false expenses claims