Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Haskel
Office:Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Term Start:29 November 2010
Office1:Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
Primeminister1:Tony Blair
Term Start1:8 May 1997
Term End1:28 August 1998
Predecessor1:The Lord Lucas
Successor1:The Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
Office5:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start5:4 October 1993
Life Peerage
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]

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. He then built up his own national and international textile firm, the Perrotts Group Plc.[2]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Simon Haskel (Hansard). api.parliament.uk. 2019-07-31.
  2. http://lfig.org/about/lfig-patrons/ 'Labour Business Patrons', Labour Business. Retrieved 19 April 2018