Lord Bilimoria took us through the backrooms of the Palace of Westminster and explained why has 'no respect' for the EU parliament

To enter the House of Lords, you have to pass through airport-style security. That is unless you're accompanied by Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea - the founder of Cobra beer - who helped wave me through.

After beginning an interview with the British-Indian peer in Millbank House, opposite the palaces of Westminster, a bell rang.

Lord Bilimoria had to vote.

Without hesitation, we rushed across Abingdon Street and into the House of Lords. I was left in a comfortable red-leather chair in the peers' cloakroom, while Lord Bilimoria went to have his say on the amendment.

He returned, brandishing a copy of a newspaper article declaring united Asian support for the Remain vote in the upcoming EU referendum. As we got up to walk around the centuries-old law-making institution, Lord Bilimoria's smiles hid the complexity of his own views on the EU.