Lord Faulkner of Worcester

A record of my work, political and otherwise.

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Highlights from 2015

November 2015: Launch of Disconnected - Broken Links in Britain's Rail Policy

May 2015: Accessible Sports Ground Bill [HL] 2015-2016

March/April 2015: 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi

January 2015: Reappointment as trustee of the Science Museum Group

Highlights from 2014

November 2014: 1500th issue of House Magazine

July 2014: Sport: Accessible Stadia Guidance

January 2014: Appointment as Chairman of Alderney Gambling Commission

Highlights from 2013

Scrap Metal Theft campaign

Holding the Line - how Britain's Railways were saved - talk at the University of Worcester

Highlights from 2012

November 2012: "Coupon" Election of 1918 - article in The House Magazine

October 2012: 127th meeting of IPU in Quebec

Contribution to Lords of the Blog

July 2012: Contribution to Lords of the Blog

June 2012: Sharing Oxford memories with Aung San Suu Kyi

April 2012: All Party Railway Heritage Group visit the Severn Valley Railway

March/April 2012: 126th Assembly of the IPU in Kampala

Images from 2011

December 2011: 35th anniversary of The House Magazine

December 2011: 35th anniversary of The House Magazine

Cathedrals Express

September 2011: Steam special

July 2011: Postcard from America

July 2011: Postcard from America

St Albans Signal Box

July 2011:St Albans Signal Box

House of Lords Reform - motion to take note

June 2011: House of Lords Reform

June 2011: Year as President of Old Merchant Taylors' Society

June 2011: OMT Society

Appointment as trustee to board of NMSI

January 2011: Appointment as trustee to board of NMSI

2010 in brief

November 2010: appeal to save the Railway Heritage Committee

March 2010: Labour peers who have been ministers, past and present

August 2010: Worcester UK to Worcester MA

29 June 2010: Debate on future of House of Lords

23 June 2010: Writing for ePolitix.com ahead of Question on Crossrail

9 June 2010: Stars and Dragons - the EU and China

January 2010: ROC (Taiwan) representative to the UK visits Worcester

Appointed to the House of Lords in 1999, Lord Faulkner of Worcester was appointed a Lord in Waiting in the Whips' Office in June 2009. His responsibilities covered transport issues, Wales and climate change.

Following the General Election he has relinquished the post of Lord in Waiting, and has been appointed to the panel of members of the House of Lords who act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees

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Transport Concerns

Football Interests

Use of the English Language

2013 Posts

Holding the Line - how Britain's railways were saved - review by Lord Fowler

Marriage - Same sex couples Bill

Queen's Speech debate

Tourism: Question for short debate

Growth & Infrastructure Bill - report stage

Railways: reopenings

Book review in the House Magazine

Growth & Infrastructure Bill - committee stage

Alderney Gambling Control Commission appointment

Railways: High Speed Rail

Helicopter flights - central London

Scrap Metal Dealers' Bill - Committee

Growth & Infrastructure Bill

2012 Posts

Public bodies (abolition of RHC) order 2013

Grant to Worcester City youth

British Transport Police

Scrap Metal dealers Bill - 2nd reading

1918 "coupon election"

Smoking at the wheel

East-West Rail APPG

127th assembly of IPU in Quebec

WATTRAIN congress 2012

Delegation to Taiwan September 2012

Censored - Taiwan's national flag

Mayor of Worcester banquet

LordsoftheBlog contribution

Starstruck by Aung San Suu Kyi

European Rail Market - EUC report

Sport: euro12 - written question

Article in Concordia

Queen's Speech Debate

Speech at British-Taiwanese Business Council

Rail Heritage APPG visit Severn Valley Railway

National Lottery letter

126th assembly of IPU

Lord Newton of Braintree - obituary

Legal Aid Bill - scrap metal

Railways: level crossings

Peers' car park

Holy Trinity School, Kidderminster

Olympic Games 2012 match fixing

ePolitix response

Protection of Freedoms Bill

WHO on tobacco control

Peers in schools programme

Statement on metal theft

Railways: High Speed Rail

2011 Posts

Crime: metal thieves

House Magazine: 35th anniversary

Worcester City Football Club

Visit to St Augustine's School, Redditch

Gambling Commission: health lottery

Legal aid, sentencing and punishment Bill

Armed Forces sacrifice

Battle of Gheluvelt remembered

Scrap metal dealers amendment bill

Charlbury double track opens

Universities - impact of government policy

Taiwan centenary celebrations

Railways: Theft

London Olympic Games

Annual dinner of the HRA

Localism Bill - report stage

Service to commemorate the Battle of Worcester

Great War: Centenary Commemoration

Postcard from America

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

Tobacco Advertising and Promotion regulations

Diplomatic Missions: unpaid congestion charges and parking fines

Restoration of St Albans South signal box

House of Lords Reform - motion to take note

President of OMT Society

Double tracking on Cotswold Line

Worcester Links

Sports Grounds Safety Authority Bill

More news of the RHC

London Local Authority and Transport Bill

Great War centenary commemoration

Railway Heritage Committee - update

Public Bodies Bill - Committee stage - 8th day

Public Bodies Bill - Committee stage - 7th day

Railways: Inter-city Express and Electrification

5 February 2011: Inaugurated as President of Heritage Railway Association

Presentation at Taipei Representative Office

Railway Heritage Sector

Cotswold Line Redoubling

Sustainable Transport

Public Bodies Bill: Committee Stage - 6th Day

Parliamentary Delegation to Taiwan

Appointment as Trustee to Board of NMSI

RAILWAYS

Debate introduced by Lord Berkeley on 29 November. To read my contribution see Parliamentary Questions and Debates

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