al-megrahi. i have not altered my view, which i were suppressed at the time, that releasing him was a very bad decision. he was convicted of the biggest mass murder in british history, and in my view, he should have died in jail. >> hear, hear! >> the government should have condemned it rather than going along with it. there was controversy around the decision. there was an inquiry into it, and there were calls for a bigger u.k. increase, and there were concerns being put foreign -- for a bigger you great -- uk inquiry, and there were concerns being put forth in america, also. it was a decision taken by the scottish to government, a wrong decision, but their decision, nonetheless. all of the british government paperwork should be reexamined to assess whether they should be published, and i asked the cabinet secretary to do all of that. that is now what sir gus o'donnel was asked to do, and he was asked to look at three areas. one, whether there was pressure or lobbying for the release of al-megra

megrahi .hey would put certain things like facilitating direct contacts between the libyans and scottish executives. that was a submission that was agreed to by the minister. it is a message about facilitating contacts and including the foreign minister. that is an issue that needs to be addressed. >> one-fifth of the egyptian population are christians. would you agree that human rights needs to be at the center of any dialogue regarding the future of egypt? what is central is the treatment of minorities such as christians in the weeks and months to come. >> that is a good point. when you consider how much money is put into a country like egypt, something like 500 million euros over the last few years, that is something we should be insisting on. >> the members of the euro zone will be comfortable in dealing with states regarding the euro in the future. 60% of ever traders went to the european union. many treat it as an outcast. it must cover immigration. >> i do not entirely agree with the gen

-- in the last parliament, there was a choice about whether to support the release of mccrary -- megrahi. >> my grandfather was one of .housands who was in libya he came to this country because of this democracy. he would have been shocked to have seen not just the close relations between this the the red and -- this government and khadafi -- gaddafi. could my friend take steps to ensure this does not happen again? >> will have said, i do think it was right to bring that country in from the cold. of course it was. the question is whether parameters should have been put on their relationship. i heard the head of london's school of economics try to justify that this morning. could the money have been put to good use? difficult to explain the behavior of the u.k. special abbasid for trade who was not only a close friend of gaddafi but a friend of the gun smuggler? is it time we dispense with the services of the duke of york? >> i am not aware of the connections the hon. gentleman chooses to make. i am happy to look into them. if we are disqualifying friends of gaddafi, we may be saying good