Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5159
Biography
Lords career
Solicitor General 1997-98;
Minister of State and Government Spokesperson for:
Cabinet Office 1998-2001,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Minister for Housing, Planning and Regeneration) 2001-02,
Home Office (Criminal Justice, Sentencing and Law Reform) 2002-03;
Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs/Justice and Lord Chancellor 2003-07;
Opposition Spokesperson for Justice (Constitutional Issues/DPM) 2010-
Councils, public bodies
Chair, Commission on Assisted Dying 2010-
International bodies
Vice-President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch)
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Falconer of Thoroton, of Thoroton in the County of Nottinghamshire 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, NewcastleGateshead's City Development Company
Senior Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Chair, Thames Gateway London Partnership
Chair, Amicus Horizon, Kent
5: Land and property
2 flats in London
Cottage in Nottinghamshire
10: Non-financial interests (b)
Visitor, Queen's College, Cambridge
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Trustee, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Trustee, John Smith Memorial Trust
Trustee, Planting Promise