Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel
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 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 89)
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]
Life and career
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr Simon Haskel (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Haskel". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ 'Labour Business Patrons', Labour Business. Retrieved 19 April 2018
- ^ "No. 53451". The London Gazette. 8 October 1993. p. 16251.
External links
[edit]- Lord Haskel House of Lords