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
8 February 2014:
At the HRA annual awards dinner held at the Guildhall in Bath, I presented the Peter Manisty Award for Excellence to the London Transport Museum and its partners for events marking the 150th anniversary of the world’s first underground railway.
Receiving the award were:
Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Commissioner of Transport for London;
Geoff Phelps, The Flour Mill, Forest of Dean;
Dave Brabham, Transport for London;
Bill Parker, The Flour Mill, Forest of Dean;
Chris Nix, London Transport Museum;
Sam Mullins, director, London Transport Museum;
Brian Ammann, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton;
Andy Barr, Transport for London;
Graeme Clarke, Head of Business Development (Rolling Stock) at Siemens Rail Systems;
Peter Mitchell, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton