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.

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Based on what you have just said, this came as a bit of a surprise. Would it be fair to say that you think that part 4, on modern slavery, does not belong in a piece of legislation around...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q I have a question for Every Child Protected Against Trafficking. Patricia, in your written submission you were very critical of the lack of due process. Could you take me through just how...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q We are still waiting to probe some of the information around these trafficking information notices, perhaps in Committee, but do you have a sense that it would be appropriate to receive legal...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Thank you very much. I have just one more question for Adrian, if I may, Ms McDonagh. Turning to access to legal advice, particularly in relation to the NRM, could I get your thoughts on...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q In the light of what you have just said, do you have concerns that clause 51 may not be compatible with section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in particular?

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q With that in mind, looking at clause 51 specifically and given the prevalence, as you have just said, of children in the NRM who have been subject to child criminal exploitation, to what...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Thank you very much; that is incredibly helpful. Looking at some of the statistics for last year for the national referral mechanism, the data suggests there was an increase of nearly 10% in...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q I thank our witnesses for joining us this afternoon. To ECPAT first, you said in your written evidence that, although the Government’s stated intention is to improve support for child...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Thank you. Ms Mullally?

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q It has been put to me by a police officer working on the frontline in this area that, because we have British citizens and migrants entering the NRM, if somebody goes missing from it, it is...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Thank you very much, I will leave it there, unless there is time at the end.

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Thank you very much. Ms Mullally, I ask you the same question about what specific protections for children you would expect to see in this legislation?

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q That is incredibly helpful. On the point about children entering the NRM, Dame Sara, I know that in your written correspondence with the Home Secretary, you have identified concerns about a...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Thank you. Ms Mullally, do you think the Bill will help us secure prosecutions?

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Q Thank you. Before I bring in Ms Mullally, with your concerns around clause 51 in particular, do you think it is incompatible with some of the protections in section 45 of the Modern Slavery...

Examination of Witnesses

Nationality and Borders Bill

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

Thank you to both of our witnesses. On part 4 of the Bill, on modern slavery, I think we can all agree that securing prosecutions against the perpetrators of trafficking and modern slavery has to...

Injunction to Protect the M25

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for his statement and for giving me advance sight of it. Tackling climate change is the single greatest challenge of our generation, and I trust the Minister agrees with me...

Police Custody: Legal Opinion

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether legal practitioners are providing in-person attendance to all suspects who have not tested positive for covid-19 in police...

Asylum

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average a caseworker responsible for processing asylum claims is in post for.

Asylum

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 caseworkers are responsible for processing asylum claims; and how many have been responsible in each of the last five years.