Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

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The Lord Haskel
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Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Assumed office
29 November 2010
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
8 May 1997 – 28 August 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byThe Lord Lucas
Succeeded byThe Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
4 October 1993
Personal details
Born9 October 1934 (1934-10-09) (age 91)
PartyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Salford

Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel (born 9 October 1934) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer.[1]

Life and career

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Simon Haskel was born in Lithuania, and educated at Sedbergh School and Salford College of Advanced Technology (now the University of Salford), where he graduated with a BSc in Textile Technology.[2] He then built up his own national and international textile firm, the Perrotts Group Plc.[3]

Haskel was created a life peer in the House of Lords on 4 October 1993, taking the title Baron Haskel, of Higher Broughton in the County of Greater Manchester.[4] He served as a Lord-in-Waiting in the first Blair ministry from May 1997 to August 1998.

His son, Jonathan Haskel, is a professor of economics at Imperial College Business School and former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).

References

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