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.

Floods: Building Regulations

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on updating building...

Flood Control

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to incentivise the installation of flood (a) resistant and (b) resilient measures to help...

Flood Control: Finance

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits making flood resilience grants available throughout the year.

No Recourse to Public Funds - [Caroline Nokes in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

No Recourse to Public Funds - [Caroline Nokes in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend makes a similar point to the one made by the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds) in his detailed and articulate speech. The point about cost shunting is...

No Recourse to Public Funds - [Caroline Nokes in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Chair for this important debate, Mr Paisley. I start, as so many others have done, by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen...

Online Harms - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am grateful to all hon. Members who have taken part in this important debate, and not least to the Labour shadow spokesperson, my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi...

Online Harms - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend, who has vast experience in this area, references some of the most extreme and harrowing online experiences, which our children are now becoming exposed to on a regular basis. We...

Online Harms - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The right hon. Lady makes an important point. I am about to come on to some of the different ways that we need to extend the regulation that is already there. She makes the point that that...

Online Harms - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered online harms. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I am delighted to have secured this debate this afternoon. I know...

Flooding Preparedness: Yorkshire

Commons debates

I congratulate and commend my hon. Friend on the leadership he has shown on this issue. I also commend him on having secured the South Yorkshire flood summit. If I am not mistaken, though, a...

Petition - Nestlé’s relationship with Fairtrade

Commons debates

As the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for fair trade, alongside the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney), I rise to present a petition to the House of Commons from the...

Asylum Seekers: Resettlement and Relocation

Home Department

Holly Lynch made a speech in the House of Commons

I understand that on 15 September partner agencies were notified that the Home Office was lifting a ban on asylum evictions with immediate effect. I appreciate that the pause in the system...

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Her Majesty’s Passport Office's update on passport applications published on 24 July 2020, how many passport...

Biometric Residence Permits: Migrant Workers

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story of 31 March 2020, NHS frontline workers visas extended so they can focus on fighting...

Home Office: Data Protection

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 data breaches have been reported by HM Passport Office’s security team since the 23 March 2020.

Passports: Courier Services

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 passports issued by HM Passport Office have failed to be successfully delivered by courier since the 23 March 2020.

Religious Buildings: Sanitation

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, with reference to the March 2020 Budget, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including places of...

Biometric Residence Permits: Migrant Workers

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 immigration status is of migrant healthcare workers who are currently without Biometric Residence Permits.

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

I appreciate that we must keep a very close eye on infection rates and respond quickly and effectively. The Government say that they are listening to local leaders on the local restrictions, yet...