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
3 July 2011: Unveiled a plaque to mark the restoration project of the St Albans South signal box, the largest preserved Midland Railway box in the country still in its original 1892 position by a fully functioning and busy main line. It gives visitors the opportunity to go into a signal box, watch modern trains pass outside the windows, and re-live the former days of semaphore signalling.
