- Labour asked who Lord Cameron’s ‘ultimate client’ was for promoting scheme
Lord Cameron was facing questions yesterday about his involvement in a Chinese-backed overseas development.
It came after a clip emerged of the Foreign Secretary playing down China’s role in the Sri Lankan Port City Colombo scheme. The enterprise was launched by president Xi Jinping and built by a Chinese state-controlled firm.
MPs used a debate in the Commons yesterday to question Lord Cameron’s role in the Greensill Capital affair, in which he lobbied ministers to win access for the now-collapsed financial firm to an emergency coronavirus loan scheme.
Labour’s shadow Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden questioned who the ‘ultimate client’ was for Lord Cameron’s ‘role in promoting’ the Sri Lanka project, asking whether it was a company owned by the Chinese state.
Lord Cameron faced further questions yesterday about his involvement with Chinese state-backed overseas investment after a video emerged of him playing down China’s role in the Sri Lanka Port City Colombo scheme
The Foreign Secretary will be further quizzed by fellow members of the House of Lords during his first questions session on December 5
Cabinet Office minister John Glen replied: ‘This isn’t a matter for me. I believe Lord Cameron has made some comments with respect to those matters.’
Mr McFadden has written to Rishi Sunak about Lord Cameron’s appointment. It came following a report in The Guardian that tax officials are examining whether Lord Cameron failed to disclose all taxable perks in relation to flights on private jets while he worked for Greensill Capital.
Members of the House of Lords plan to put the minister on the spot about the Sri Lanka issue ahead of his first questions session as Foreign Secretary on December 5.