Michael PownallClerk of ParliamentsHouse of LordsLondonSW1A 0PW6th August, 2009Sent by post and fax to 02072190329Dear Mr Pownall,

Regarding Lord Taylor of Warwick

We are writing to formally ask you to investigate Lord Taylor of Warwick, focusing on thesituation regarding his primary residence and second home. Lord Taylor has claimedover £70,000 in expenses for a 'non-existent' main home.It is alleged that between2001 and 2007 he claimed 'overnight subsistence' totalling £73,000 by stating his mainhome was his Mother's home outside London in the Midlands.However Taylor's formerwife's family bought the house in May 2001 when Lord Taylor's mother had to be placedinto a care home.She sadly died in December of that year.Therefore it is impossiblethat this house could have been his main home between 2001 and 2007.Lord Taylor has owned a residence in Ealing West London since 1995, which was hisfamily home before he divorced in 2004.His wife and three children now live close by.He is not secretive about the address he lives at in Ealing but has declined to name theaddresses he has lived at in the Midlands between 2001 - 2007.There is further circumstantial evidence that would support this claim;

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He is on the electoral register at his Ealing address

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None of the work he declares in his Lord's interests is related to the Midlands.He held roles as Vice President of Film Classification in London, Chancellor of Bournemouth University and was Chairman of a Surrey Recruitment Firm.

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His public relations company was registered at his Ealing home until 2005

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He has worked part-time as a district judge on the South-Eastern circuit whichdoes not include the MidlandsTheevidence above points to the Ealing residence being Lord Taylor's primary home.Itwould appear to us that there is a

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case for Lord Taylor to answer concerningthese arrangements and that further investigation, with the full compliance of LordTaylor, is needed so this matter can be cleared up.We have already written to andfaxed Lord Taylor but have not recieved any reply.

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