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Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

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

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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.

References

  1. [1]
    "Mr Simon Haskel (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Haskel". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. [3]
    'Labour Business Patrons', Labour Business. Retrieved 19 April 2018
  4. [4]
    "No. 53451". The London Gazette. 8 October 1993. p. 16251.
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