In answer to John Parry's question (The Argus, April 18), the oleaginous Lord Falconer, most famous of all Tony's Cronies, is now Minister of State for Criminal Justice, Sentencing and Law Reform at the Home Office.

We can all rest assured that Charlie - as he is known to his many chums - will always be a person of some importance with a Government job while Tony Blair is Prime Minister.

The idle Mr Parry (who should know he is supposed to answer questions, not ask them) could have checked all this out by looking at the Government's information web site www.coi.gov.uk

Perhaps, he should memorise the address on the off-chance he feels the need to slip a fact into the stream of unconsciousness he serves up once a week.

-Bill Randall, Brighton