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
As Chairman of the British-Taiwan All-Party Parliamentary Group, I was asked to say a few words at a presentation of the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy at the Taipei Representative Office in London to Dr Michael Reilly, former director of the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei.
