Emails reveal extent of peer’s role in asking minister to commercial event in parliament

FoI release shows further evidence of Lord Evans of Watford's role in apparent cash-for-access venture

New documents reveal the extent of a Labour peer's involvement in organising the attendance of a minister at a commercial event in parliament.

Emails show how David Evans contacted officials working closely with Sharon Taylor, a housing minister in the House of Lords, who was to be the keynote speaker at an event on housing that Lord Evans of Watford was hosting in parliament.