Mr Gardiner said Ms Lee had donated money to fund researchers in his office, but that she was not used to channel improper funds to him or his office and did not have a say in who was hired with the money. Ms Lee's firm also gave £5,000 to the Liberal Democrats in 2005 and has links to the Conservatives, the Mail said. She has also reportedly donated more than £500,000 to Mr Gardiner and hundreds of thousands to Labour. The Mail said she is a former chief legal adviser for the Chinese embassy to the UK and is the secretary of the Inter-Party China Group in Westminster. Ms Lee, whose firm is called Christine Lee & Co, has been pictured with ex-PM David Cameron and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Reports say Theresa May wrote a personal letter to Ms Lee in 2019, when the former was Prime Minister, as she was given a "Point of Light" award by Downing Street for her charity work. Daniel Wilkes, her son, worked in his office until Thursday morning. The Telegraph said that concerns were raised about Ms Lee's connections with Labour MP Barry Gardiner in 2017. Sir Iain Duncan Smith said that while the agent had been banned from Parliament, he understood no further action is due to be taken and no deportation was planned. Read more: Dominic Raab declares he is boycotting Winter Olympics in China Read more: Iain Dale calls out 'apologists' for China and Russia In his message, Sir Lindsay claimed she had been "engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party", "engaging with Members here at Parliament" and a now-defunct All-Party Parliamentary Group called "Chinese in Britain". MI5 has uncovered a suspected Chinese agent trying to influence MPs in Westminster.Īn email has been sent by Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with a warning about a lawyer called Christine Lee.
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