David Cameron has come under scrutiny for discussing China in a meeting with Philip Hammond, the chancellor, just weeks before the British and Chinese governments endorsed a $1bn investment fund he is setting up.
Government records published last month show that Mr Cameron, who was prime minister until 2016, had a meeting last October at the Treasury with Mr Hammond to talk about China.
Mr Cameron had already disclosed in September that he was working with his old friend Peter Gummer, Lord Chadlington, a millionaire public relations veteran, on a new private sector “UK-China Fund”. The former prime minister discussed the idea of the fund with vice-premier Ma Kai, head of China’s finance ministry, during a trip to Beijing on September 20.