Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

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

The Right Honourable The Lord Haskel
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 1993 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	9 October 1934 (1934-10-09) (age 90)
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Salford

Life and career

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).