To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Her Majesty's ambassador to Libya has been requested by the Scottish Government to monitor the health and location of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. [HL2492]

The Scottish Executive have not asked our ambassador to Libya to monitor the health and location of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Mr al-Megrahi’s health and location are monitored by East Renfrewshire Council under the terms of his release. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office understands that the council receives a monthly report from his doctors in Libya.

East Renfrewshire was designated as the local authority responsible for monitoring Mr al-Megrahi because his family lived in Newton Mearns during his imprisonment in Greenock prison.