During his time in the House of Commons , he served on the Energy Select Committee ( 1984 – 5 ) , the Conservative Party 's Aviation Committee ( 1984 – 92 ) and as PPS at the Department for Trade & Industry , including to Michael Howard as the then Minister for Corporate & Consumer Affairs . Hayward was also PPS to Paul Channon , the Secretary of State for Transport , between 1987 – 89 , a period that saw the Lockerbie bombing , Clapham and Kings Cross rail disasters and the Kegworth air crash
Lockerbie bombing
Pan Am Flight 103
Robert Hayward, Baron Hayward