and Health. He was then Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry with a responsibility for export promotion and overseas investment with particular emphasis on the oil and gas industry. In 1996 he became Minister for Energy. In May 2003 First Minister Jack McConnell announced a major public inquiry into the handling of the Scottish Parliament Building project, headed by Lord Fraser. The inquiry heard evidence from architects, civil servants, politicians and the building companies. In August 2007 he was appointed to the Scottish Broadcasting Commission established by the Scottish Executive. He was a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights and lived at Regent Terrace in Edinburgh. He died on 22 June 2013. References Fraser: my Lockerbie trial doubts Lockerbie: was justice done? Lockerbie returns to haunt "tricky" Malta witness Pressure grows for explanation in Lockerbie witness dispute It's time to look again at Lockerbie Call to clear up Lockerbie doubt External links Official Website of The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC Lord Advocates Solicitors General for Scotland Scottish Conservative Party MPs UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Academics of Heriot-Watt University Fraser of Carmyllie People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1945 births Members of the Faculty of Advocates Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel 2013 deaths