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.

Community Ownership Fund

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date organisations will be able to make applications to the Community Ownership Fund.

Crime and Violence: Young People

Home Department

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

I had the pleasure of visiting Calderdale’s early action team on Friday, where West Yorkshire police and partner agencies are delivering some exemplary work, keeping children and young...

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to improve response times for renewing driving licences when there is a medical consideration.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

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, how many women under the age of 30 have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccination to date.

Immigration

Commons debates

I am afraid that we are not at all satisfied with the Minister’s contribution. This is a shameful downgrading of essential, hard-won protections for those who have been subject to some of...

Immigration

Commons debates

I beg to move, That the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2021 (S.I., 2021, No. 184), dated 23 February 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on...

Support for Asylum Seekers - [Philip Davies in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Mr Davies. I will take that on board. Let me say in closing that this approach is utterly unworkable. We will only see more people who are likely to be deserving of asylum not even...

Support for Asylum Seekers - [Philip Davies in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Let me start, as others have, by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) and the hon....

Deportation: Vietnam

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether one of the people due to be deported on the charter flight to Vietnam scheduled for 21 April 2021 has made a legal submission on the...

Deportation: Vietnam

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that people set to be deported on the charter flight to Vietnam scheduled for 21 April 2021 have received...

Deportation: Vietnam

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that none of the people set to be deported via the charter flight to Vietnam scheduled for 21...

Deportation: Vietnam

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the people onboard the deportation flight to Vietnam scheduled for 21 April 2021 have been through the National Referral...

Deportation: Vietnam

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are set to be deported via the charter flight to Vietnam scheduled for 21 April 2021.

Asylum: Hotels

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of dispersal asylum properties that are required to end the use of hotels as asylum accommodation;...

Dental 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 access to NHS dentists in (a) Calderdale and (b) England.

Morton Hall Immigration Removal Centre

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 to open a short-term immigration holding facility for men and women at Morton Hall in Lincolnshire.

Detention Centres: Females

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 169893, whether the Equality Impact Assessment carried out by her Department will be...

Clandestine Threat Board and Illegal Migration Strategy Board

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Questions 167900 and 167901 answered on 12 March 2021, who the members are of (a) the Illegal Migration Strategy Board and...

UK Asylum System and Asylum Seekers’ Mental Health

Bay Local Authority in North Lancashire and South Cumbria

Holly Lynch made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure, as always, to speak with you in the Chair, Sir Charles. I join others in congratulating the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan) on securing this important and...

Home Office: Gifts and Endowments

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the details of (a) additional earnings, (b) gifts and (c) hospitality received by civil servants in her Department from...