[A Member of the Scottish Parliament] is meeting the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing in prison. Christine Grahame will visit Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi in Greenock Prison.
A spokesman for the SNP MSP said she will make a "substantive" statement following the visit.
Al Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year and later failed to be freed on bail pending his appeal, which got under way at the end of April in Edinburgh.
Libyan authorities have applied for Al Megrahi to be moved to Libya under a prisoner-transfer treaty between Libya and the UK.
But no decision on this can be made by Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill if there are outstanding legal proceedings.
Ms Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, paid an hour-long visit to Al Megrahi last month in Greenock Prison, where he is serving a life sentence for the 1988 bombing which killed 270 people.
After the last visit she said: "The man is obviously very ill and he is desperate to see his family - absolutely desperate to see his family - so, whatever it takes, that's the priority."
Asked if Al Megrahi plans to press on with his appeal, she said: "I can't say that - that is for him to say through his lawyers."
[From an article published today on the website of the Midlothian Advertiser. The report is attributed to the Press Association news agency.]
The url for the "Midlothian Advertiser" article no longer seems to work. Perhaps Ms Grahame has given up the idea of a second prison visit to see Mr Megrahi?
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