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
27 February 2012: On my way back from a visit to Australia, I was privileged to spend time with Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon.
We talked about her current election campaign and possible plans to visit the UK this summer.
The portrait is of Daw Suu’s father Aung San, the father of modern Burma, who was assassinated in 1947.
I first met Daw Suu when we were both reading PPE at Oxford in the 1960s.