Clarification: BP

BP has asked us to find out that it had expressed concern about the UK government in late 2007 about the slow progress in achieving the general prisoner transfer agreement with Libya, and not specifically to release al-Megrahi Abdel Basset is, Lockerbie bomber, which is a matter for the Scottish Executive.

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