Hi, I actually managed to get what I was after by putting my queries in the BaseController.php like this:

class BaseController extends Controller {

public function __construct()
{

	$bomserial = Input::get('bomserial');
	$bomserials = DB::table('ph_bom_table_head')->select('serial', 'job_desc')->orderBy('serial', 'ASC')->get();
	$bomsections = DB::table('ph_bom_table_sections')->select('serial', 'part_num', 'part_desc')->where('serial', '=', $bomserial)->get();

	$message = "There are no results   ¯\_(&#12484)_/¯";

	return View::share(compact('bomserials', 'bomsections', 'message', 'dateSql'));

}

Now my queries are available in all views.