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MPs to grill Salmond on Lockerbie bomber's release

MPs are due to question the first minister and the justice secretary over the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber.

Alex Salmond and Kenny MacAskill are to give evidence to the Scottish affairs committee at Westminster.

The Scottish Affairs Committee will question Mr Salmond and Mr MacAskill on Tuesday as part of an investigation into co-operation and communication between the Scottish and UK governments.

In particular MPs are looking at how this worked in the case of the Lockerbie bomber.
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