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
18 June: "Does the government agree, asked Labour peer Lord Faulkner, that the rail electrification plan, unveiled by Lord Adonis before the general election, is clean and green and something that the coalition would be well advised to press ahead with" ........... Hugh Muir's Diary in the Guardian.
