A Labour peer has told how he was the victim of ‘Jewboy’ taunts in the House of Lords.

Lord Levy, Tony Blair’s main party fundraiser, said the jibe was made when he accompanied a new peer to the Lords.

He told a conference on combating anti-Semitism in Monaco earlier this month: ‘People say the House of Lords is the bastion of democracy. Having been there 20 years, I’ve taken in a number of new peers. On one occasion there were mutterings: “Who’s the Jewboy bringing in now?”’

Lord Levy, Tony Blair’s main party fundraiser, said the jibe was made when he accompanied a new peer to the Lords

Lord Levy told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I tried very hard to find out who it was but was unable to do so. Had I done so, I may be a small guy, but I would have sorted them out. I am not the kind of person who wakes up and sees anti-Semites in every closet but that kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable. I felt angry and disgusted.’

The peer made the claim at a meeting of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation.

The organisation is chaired by Mr Blair, who was present at the conference.