Murdo Fraser

Murdo Fraser is the Conservative MSP for mid-Scotland and Fife.

Biography

Murdo is the Convener of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee in the Scottish Parliament. Murdo held the position of Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives from November 2005 to November 2011 and has previously been Scottish Conservative Spokesman on Health, Education and Enterprise & Lifelong Learning. He is co-convenor of the Cross-Party Groups ‘Scottish Economy’, ‘Scottish Health Inequalities’ and ‘Pakistan’

Pro-fracking

In February 2014 Fraser blogged about how a DECC poll shows that more people in the UK are in favour of shale gas than against it:

Shale gas has the potential to reduce fuel poverty and create thousands of well-paid jobs throughout Scotland including many within my own region of Fife, Stirling and Clackmannanshire. The minority who oppose fracking are often the most vocal but this survey shows that more UK residents are in favour of extracting shale gas than against it. Furthermore, this survey has shown that people who know a lot about shale gas are significantly more likely to support it.

The Scottish Government must use this evidence as a green light to fully support fracking.

Affiliations

Fraser is a patron of the Conservative Christian Fellowship and a member of the Scotland-Malawi Partnership.

He also serves as a voluntary Parliamentary Advisor to the Autism Treatment Trust and is a voluntary Patron of the Scottish Asian Pakistani Foundation.

Publications

Publications include the pamphlets: Defending our British Heritage (1993); Full Fiscal Freedom (1998) and Scotland and the Euro (1999); and Murdo compiled and edited a collection of essays in 2006 entitled The Blue Book.

Contact

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