In Parliament - Holly Lynch

Halifax MP Holly Lynch was elected to Parliament at the 2015 election. In her maiden speech she stated her priorities as being Human Rights and the protection of the A&E department at Calderdale Royal Hospital. She has launched a campaign to oppose the Government’s decision to exclude under-25s from the new National ‘Living Wage’ and has also launched a campaign to ensure harsher sentences for those who assault emergency service workers.

Holly was appointed to the Labour front bench in July 2017 taking on the role of Shadow Flooding, Fishing & Coastal Communities Minister within the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs team. You can her latest appearances, including written questions and speeches, below.

Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care

Holly Lynch received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve referral pathways and diagnostic rates for people with Tourette's Syndrome in Yorkshire...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

Holly Lynch received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for replacement funding for organisations that currently receive support through the Asylum, Migration and...

Modern Slavery Offences

Home Department

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

I have heard what the Minister has said, and we can all agree that perpetrators of modern slavery are committing heinous crimes and must be brought to justice. With that in mind, I wonder whether...

Stop and Search: West Midlands - [Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I certainly will, Ms Rees. If the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield thinks that those decisions are not based on the cuts imposed on police and crime commissioners and regional forces by the...

Stop and Search: West Midlands - [Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is an interesting question. One size does not fit all when it comes to tackling knife crime, as the dynamics of it are different in different areas. It might be the approach to the use of...

Stop and Search: West Midlands - [Christina Rees in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure as always to serve under you as Chair this afternoon, Ms Rees. It is also a pleasure to follow what I thought was a brilliant speech from my hon. Friend the Member for...

New Clause 51 - Safety plan for child victims of human trafficking

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I think I followed what the Minister said and that he heard my concerns about some of the gaps in the provision. I will look to that statutory guidance for further detail. I will not press the...

New Clause 51 - Safety plan for child victims of human trafficking

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. In the same spirit as new clauses 43 and 44, new clause 51 sets out the duty for local authorities to make arrangements for child victims of...

New Clause 46 - Permission to work for people seeking asylum

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I intended to speak in full in favour of new clause 46, but I will just make an intervention. On that 71% figure, he will be aware that Lift the Ban...

New Clause 43 - Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I live in hope that anyone who can run a marathon for Justice and Care would understand the value of the independent child trafficking guardians and the victim navigators, and with that in mind,...

New Clause 43 - Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I am grateful. I do not dispute that the provision already exists in legislation for independent child trafficking guardians; my dispute is that, as we have heard, they are not available in...

New Clause 43 - Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Will the Minister give way?

New Clause 43 - Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Before I start, I draw hon. Members’ attention to the Red Box article written by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, and published in The Times today. Entitled...

New Clause 43 - Independent Child Trafficking Guardians

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

New Clause 27 - Asylum dispersal strategy

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

My hon. Friend is making excellent points. The Minister says there have been changes at Napier barracks since the High Court judgment, but those changes happened because of the High Court...

Clause 58 - Age assessments

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The Government were less enthusiastic about protecting children under part 4 of the Bill.

Clause 56 - Disapplication of retained EU law deriving from Trafficking Directive

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the Minister for his intervention. We are into the thick of the legal technicalities. These points are from some of the leading legal experts on the subject. They are not entirely...

Clause 56 - Disapplication of retained EU law deriving from Trafficking Directive

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I thank the Minister for his opening remarks on clause 56. The explanatory notes on the clause state that, as the Minister has just outlined, “the Trafficking Directive should be disapplied...

Clause 54 - Civil legal aid under section 9 of LASPO: add-on services in relation to the national referral mechanism

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. Clause 54 amends the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to enable advice on referral into the NRM to be provided as...

Clause 53 - Leave to remain for victims of slavery or human trafficking

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

The Minister refers to a piecemeal approach to extending leave—and extending leave—and extending leave. That is preventing victims from moving on with their recovery, from trusting...