| The Lord Haskel | |
|---|---|
|   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 Minister | Tony Blair | 
| Preceded by | The Lord Lucas | 
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 4 October 1993 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1934 (age 90) | 
| Political party | Labour | 
| Alma mater | University of Salford | 
Simon Haskel,Baron Haskel (born 9 October 1934) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. [1]
Simon Haskel was 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).