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.

Small Boat Channel Crossings

Home Department

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

With your permission, Mr Speaker, I join the Home Secretary in paying tribute to our dear friend and colleague, Jack Dromey. We very much look forward to the tributes later this month. Especially...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

Recent data suggest that just 4% of teachers say that readings on classroom carbon dioxide monitors are above the safe threshold set by the Department for Education. The Secretary of State will...

Business of the House

Commons debates

I have met many constituents who have post covid-19 syndrome, also known as long covid. Many of them are workers—teachers, healthcare professionals, police officers—who caught covid...

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable and who work in (a)...

Emergencies

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm when the National Resilience Strategy will be published.

Emergencies

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the National Resilience Strategy will be published.

Regional Planning and Development

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to support councils in delivering the levelling up agenda during current levels of material,...

Reducing Costs for Businesses

Commons debates

Businesses in my home town of Halifax have acutely felt the culmination of factors that has created such a tough operating environment in recent months. Halifax had a lot to boast about going...

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

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, who is responsible for the enforcement of the wearing of face coverings in supermarkets and shops.

New Homes: Developers, Housebuilders and Management Companies - [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston) for securing this debate and for his powerful opening contribution. Any plan for...

Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish any consultation undertaken by her Department on the creation of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority.

Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment was conducted prior to the creation of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority; and whether an...

Asylum Seeker Accommodation: RAF Manston

Commons debates

I have listened carefully to what the Minister has had to say, and I thank the right hon. Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) for having secured this important urgent question. Tomorrow...

New Clause 3 - Offence of human trafficking for sexual exploitation

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

As the Minister will recall, we pushed for that time and again in Committee. The Bill makes no distinction between adults and children who are victims of trafficking and slavery. That failure to...

New Clause 3 - Offence of human trafficking for sexual exploitation

Nationality and Borders Bill

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is a genuine pleasure to follow the powerful contribution from the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I will come to the merits...

Slavery: Prosecutions

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of successful prosecutions made under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since the Act came into place.

Slavery: Victims

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 victims of modern slavery exploited as adults have been subject to immigration control in each year from 2016 to 2021.

Slavery: Victims

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 victims of modern slavery with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision were subsequently (a) granted and (b) not granted...

Slavery: Victims

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 the Government has made of the number of children affected by child criminal exploitation as of 25 November 2021.

Slavery: Victims

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 victims of modern slavery with a positive Conclusive Grounds decision were subsequently (a) granted and (b) not granted asylum, by...