Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

The Right Honourable
The Lord Haskel
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
In office
9 December 2002 – 21 May 2026
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
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
4 October 1993 – 21 May 2026
Personal details
Born9 October 1934 (1934-10-09) (age 92)
PartyLabour
EducationUniversity of Salford

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

Life and career

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. He then built up his own national and international textile firm, the Perrotts Group Plc.

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. He served as a Lord-in-Waiting in the first Blair ministry from May 1997 to August 1998.

He retired from the House of Lords on 21 May 2026.

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

  1. ↑ "Mr Simon Haskel (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Haskel". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ 'Labour Business Patrons', Labour Business. Retrieved 19 April 2018
  4. ↑ "No. 53451". The London Gazette. 8 October 1993. p. 16251.
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Lord Haskel - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2026.