Simon Haskel, Baron Haskel

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

Life and career Simon Haskel was born in Lithuania, and 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.

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.

He retired from the House of Lords on 21 May 2026.

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).