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.

Trade Deals and Fair Trade - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend makes an important point. We want accountable methods of making sure that fairness runs through those trade deals, and we have to explore any and all opportunities to do that....

Trade Deals and Fair Trade - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Despite that indiscretion, it is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. You are certainly not the first person to make that mistake and I doubt you will be the last. I...

Trade Deals and Fair Trade - [Graham Stringer in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am Holly Lynch. That happens a lot.

Flooding

Commons debates

It is a great relief to be called in a closing minutes of this debate. I will be echoing the sentiments aired by my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Craig Whittaker),...

Petition - Funding for Calderdale's flood recovery

Commons debates

We have faced almost unprecedented floods in Calderdale, only second to those that we faced in 2015. The petition states: The petition of residents of the United Kingdom, Declares that Calderdale...

Environment Bill

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow such a passionate speech from the right hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson). It will probably not surprise Members to learn that I shall be focusing my...

Policing (England and Wales)

Commons debates

I join others in paying tribute to the three excellent maiden speeches we have heard this evening, but particularly that from the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford (Julie Marson). As a...

Flooding

Commons debates

Cobra met twice on Boxing day in 2015 and again on 27 December. It was instrumental in unlocking the funding and resources we needed to recover in the Calder Valley. Whatever was stepped up this...

Flood Response

Commons debates

I cannot begin to convey the sense of absolute devastation across Calderdale that, for so many residents, we are in the same position again, having been flooded in the Boxing day floods in 2015....

Transport

Commons debates

We know that asking people to get out of their vehicles and to adopt cleaner methods of transport like rail will be essential if we are to significantly reduce our emissions in the necessary...

Policing and Crime

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for making that very important point. She is quite right that, as those 600 police stations have closed in our communities and the numbers of officers has declined, people...

Policing and Crime

Commons debates

It is an opportune moment to be having this debate. I am particularly proud to take part following two exceptional maiden speeches this afternoon. I welcome a number of the decisions this...

Engagements

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

Rail users in Halifax and across the north are suffering every week because of the Government’s failure truly to invest in rail infrastructure over the past decade. The north now needs both...

Motorhomes and Vehicle Excise Duty - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

High Speed 1: Rolling Stock

Holly Lynch made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am eternally grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for the powerful speech that she is making. Further to the point that she has just made, I will point out that businesses...

Petition - Human Rights in Kashmir

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to see you in your place, Mr Speaker. I started a petition earlier this year on the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir. The situation has deteriorated further since the...

School Uniform Costs - [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Looking back to when I went to secondary school—which I appreciate is some years ago now—I am reminded that the school provided a list of the uniform and equipment that I would need....

School Uniform Costs - [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for sharing that example with us. She is making a powerful speech. A Huffington Post journalist recently visited Moorside primary...

Public Services

Debate on the Address

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate today and to follow the hon. Member for Angus (Kirstene Hair), who made some very important points, but it will not surprise her to hear...

Hypermobility Syndromes: Healthwatch Calderdale’S Report

Commons debates

I am grateful to my neighbour for giving way. I thank him for securing the debate and congratulate him on articulating a number of those medical conditions incredibly well. I have two...

Hypermobility Syndromes: Healthwatch Calderdale’S Report

Commons debates

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?