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.

Immigration Bail

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the pilot on reducing the time period for automatic referrals for immigration bail hearings from four to two months has concluded.

Immigration Bail

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the pilot for reducing the time period of auto-bail hearings from four to two months has concluded.

Hassockfield Secure Training 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 new immigration removal centre for women on the former site of the Hassockfield Secure Training...

Travel: Quarantine

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers from red-list countries will be denied entry to the UK in accordance with the new travel regulations announced by the...

Asylum: Napier Barracks

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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2021 to Question 146935, what advice Public Health England provided in respect of the removal of...

High Performance Vehicle Renting (Regulation)

Commons debates

I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the renting of high performance road vehicles; and for connected purposes. Residents have for years been raising with me and...

Immigration: EU Nationals

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 applications to the EU Settlement Scheme are being processed each week on average; and what the average waiting time is for...

Asylum: Napier Barracks

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group's recent infection control assessment of Napier Barracks.

Asylum: Napier Barracks

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 have been moved out of Napier Barracks after testing negative for covid-19.

British Nationality: Assessments

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most number of times is that someone has taken the Life in the UK citizenship test before passing from the most recent data available.

Asylum System: Reform

Home Department

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

On Napier barracks, the equality impact assessment makes it clear that the use of disused barracks as asylum accommodation is absolutely a political choice. The Government have consistently...

British Nationality: Assessments

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 and what proportion of Life in the UK citizenship tests taken have been passed by nationality annually since 2010 in (a) English,...

British Nationality: Assessments

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 is taking to ensure Life in the UK citizenship test centres (a) correctly inform applicants of their results and (b) receive...

British Nationality: Assessments

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how applicants taking the Life in the UK citizenship test are able to find out the (a) number of incorrect answers and (b) correct answers...

Napier Barracks: Fires

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 (a) asylum seekers and (b) staff sustained injuries as a result of the fire at Napier Barracks.

Napier Barracks: Fires

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what damage was caused by the fire at Napier barracks; and how that fire has affected its ability to be used as asylum accommodation.

Napier Barracks: Fires

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the recent fire at Napier Barracks.

NHS: Migrant Workers

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 NHS health and social care workers of non-British nationality were working in the UK as of 20 January 2021; and what proportion...

Asylum: Napier Barracks

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers currently housed at Napier barracks who have tested positive for covid-19.

Asylum: Napier Barracks

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 asylum seekers are currently being housed at Napier Barracks; and how many of those people have tested positive for covid-19 in the...