The Faculty is delighted to welcome the election of The Right Honourable The Lord Fowler Kt PC (Trinity Hall, 1961, BA Economics & Law) as the new Lord Speaker of the House of Lords. Lord Fowler served as an MP and Cabinet member and, as Secretary of State for Transport, was responsible for making seatbelts compulsory in 1981. He joined the Lords in 2001.
Lord Fowler will take up his post on 1 September.
For more information please refer to the Parliament website.