PEER FACES SCOTLAND YARD QUIZ

Tory transport spokesman Lord Hanningfield also leads Essex County Council, where he enjoys a full-time chauffeur at taxpayers’ expense.

Scotland Yard is said to want to establish whether he stayed in London on the nights he claimed or returned to his home near Chelmsford.

Peers whose main home is outside London can claim £174 a night when they attend sittings of the Lords.

Lord Hanningfield has denied doing anything wrong.