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Useful contacts during the Coronavirus crisis

As we go through the next few days and weeks, my team and I will continue to be here to provide help and support to those who need it. We are having to change some of the ways we are working but phone lines and emails will continue to be…

Statement on Coronavirus and the Parliamentary office

As the numbers of those affected by the Coronavirus continues to rise it will be an anxious time for many people across Halifax. It is likely that many of us will become ill with the disease in the coming weeks and months and we need to do all we can…

Marking World Cancer Day

Today, I attended an event organised by Cancer Research UK, marking World Cancer Day 2020. Cancer impacts so many lives directly and indirectly, and all of us will have been touched by cancer in some way or another. Events like this are an important way to realise how we all…

Labour slams government inspector for overturning incinerator decision

Labour councillors and Holly Lynch MP have reacted with anger after a government planning inspector overruled the council’s decision to refuse plans for an incinerator in Sowerby Bridge. The proposals have been hugely controversial, with much public opposition on environmental grounds, particularly air quality. Cllr Adam Wilkinson said: “I am…

Holly collects coins to fund dementia research

Ahead of World Alzheimer’s Day this Saturday, Halifax MP Holly Lynch is asking people to donate any left-over foreign currency and holiday coins in the hope of raising hundreds of pounds for the Alzheimer’s Society. 850,000 people in the UK have a form of dementia, with more than 67,000 of…

Why I’m trying to change the law to protect our communities from flooding

On Boxing Day 2015, many communities including those here in Calderdale, were overwhelmed by Storm Eva. The prolonged period of heavy rainfall combined with 24 hours of extreme weather, brought devastation with 2,781 homes and 1,635 business flooded in parts of Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd and Brighouse alone. Extreme…

Human Rights in Kashmir Petition

Please note this petition will be running until 1st September. To read more about Holly’s views on Kashmir click here. ************************************ Petition title: Human Rights in Kashmir To the House of Commons, The petition of residents of the UK, Declares that the security situation in Kashmir remains unacceptable with continued…

Brexit letters

Holly praises ‘outstanding volunteers’ at Search and Rescue Team following moorland training session

Halifax MP Holly lynch has praised the work of the Calder Valley Search And Rescue Team (CVSRT) volunteers after joining their team training session this week. At the training at Blackstone Edge at the top of Cragg Vale, CVSRT members had the opportunity to practice various techniques for casualty handling,…

Fair Wages For All Ages bill rescheduled due to lack of time for Parliamentary debate

Holly’s campaign to extend the Government’s National Living Wage to all workers over the age of 18 has stalled in its progress to becoming law after MPs ran out of time to continue their debate. The discussions are scheduled to continue on 23 November. If passed, the bill would extend…