Holly Lynch

Shadow Minister (Home Office)

(since April 2020)

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (39) - Legislation tabled (2) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (96)

Labour

Member for Halifax

holly.lynch.mp@parliament.uk / hollylynch5

4 APPG memberships (as of 7 Aug 2020)

British Museum, Fairtrade, Inheritance and Intergenerational Fairness, Population, Development and Reproductive Health

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Sparring Partners

Kevin Foster (Conservative) Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (45 debate interactions) View debates with Kevin Foster Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party) Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Immigration, Asylum and Border Control) (26 debate interactions) View debates with Stuart C McDonald Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (13 debate interactions) View debates with Dr Thérèse Coffey View All MP Sparring Partners

Department Debates

Home Office (89 debate contributions) View Home Office debates
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (32 debate contributions) View Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs debates
Department of Health and Social Care (8 debate contributions) View Department of Health and Social Care debates
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Legislation Debates

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (34,745 words contributed) View Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill) (7,854 words contributed) View Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill) debates
Environment Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (2,498 words contributed) View Environment Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Halifax Petitions

Highest Halifax signature proportion

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	83 of 7,790 (1.07%)	Permission to enter places of Worship in England U.K.
Open	52 of 6,316 (0.82%)	Review the use of force against BAME people by the police
Open	226 of 28,100 (0.80%)	Cut beer duty for at least 12 months, so pubs can survive after the covid virus. Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Open	185 of 49,545 (0.37%)	Release HMP Prisoners due to COVID-19 - temporary release, licence, tag, curfew Gov Responded - 8 Apr 2020
Open	144 of 41,971 (0.34%)	Reverse the change to Small Brewers Relief. Gov Responded - 27 Aug 2020

Most Halifax signatures

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	498 of 210,431 (0.24%)	Broker a ceasefire for all sides in Yemen to carry out humanitarian aid Gov Responded - 6 Aug 2020
Open	476 of 146,365 (0.33%)	Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021. Gov Responded - 30 Jul 2020
Open	421 of 352,717 (0.12%)	Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19 Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Open	332 of 237,617 (0.14%)	Extend maternity leave by 3 months with pay in light of COVID-19 Gov Responded - 14 May 2020
Open	320 of 191,228 (0.17%)	Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19

Holly Lynch has not participated in any petition debates

Most recent EDMs signed by Holly Lynch

Date Tabled	Title	Signatures
4 Jun 2020	Holly Lynch signed this EDM on Wednesday 24th June 2020 Legal Aid and Advice Tabled by: Mr David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham) That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 515), dated 15 May 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 18 May 2020, be annulled.	133 signatures (Most recent: 7 Sep 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 114 Liberal Democrat: 8 Scottish National Party: 5 Plaid Cymru: 3 Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2 Green Party: 1 Independent: 1 Democratic Unionist Party: 1
20 Jan 2020	Holly Lynch signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 16th January 2020 Children and mental health legislation Tabled by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax) That this House welcomes the announcement in the Queen’s Speech that the Mental Health Act will be reformed; agrees that current legislation is out of step with a modern mental healthcare system and that people must have a service that affords them the dignity and respect that they deserve; further …	27 signatures (Most recent: 21 Apr 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 12 Liberal Democrat: 4 Democratic Unionist Party: 4 Scottish National Party: 4 Green Party: 1 Conservative: 1 Plaid Cymru: 1

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Commons initiatives

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Holly Lynch has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

2 Bills introduced by Holly Lynch

Title	Bill Type	Last Event	Last Updated
Reservoirs (Flood Risk) Bill 2017-19 Presented by Holly Lynch (Labour)	Private Members' Bill Ten Minute Bill	1st reading: House of Commons 17 July, 2019	18 Jul 2019, 10:33 a.m.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to grant the Environment Agency additional powers to require water companies to manage reservoirs to mitigate flood risk; and for connected purposes.
National Living Wage (Extension to Young People) Bill 2017-19 Presented by Holly Lynch (Labour)	Private Members' Bill Ballot Bill	1st reading: House of Commons 19 July, 2017	26 Nov 2018, 12:10 p.m.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to extend the National Living Wage to people aged 18 to 24.

2 Bills supported by Holly Lynch

Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement) Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor - Peter Kyle (LAB)

Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor - Chris Bryant (LAB)

96 Written Questions

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Fisheries: Migrant Workers Flood Control: Finance Flood Control: Finance Flood Control: Finance Flood Control: Finance Salmon: North Shields Water Companies: Tax Avoidance Water Companies: Standards Salmon Fisheries Total Allowable Catches: Celtic Sea Fisheries Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Capital Investment Plastics: Pollution Floods: Insurance Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure Floods: Insurance Waste Disposal Floods: Insurance Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff Fisheries Fisheries Land Drainage Flood Control European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Government Assistance

Home Office

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Biometric Residence Permits: Migrant Workers Asylum: Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders Asylum: Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders Visas Asylum: Housing Police: Firearms Wildlife: Crime Wildlife: Crime Police: Firearms Police: Finance Wildlife: Crime Wildlife: Crime Police: Firearms Home Office: Written Questions Nuisance Calls Carillion Police: Finance Police and Crime Commissioners Police: Dogs Police: Horses Police: Dogs Tools: Theft Tools: Theft

Ministry of Justice

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Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders: Children and Young People Social Security Benefits: Appeals Social Security Benefits: Appeals Social Security Benefits: Appeals Courts: Closures Courts: Closures Courts: Closures Truancy: Fixed Penalties Courts: Closures Courts: West Yorkshire Right of Search: West Yorkshire Domestic Violence: West Yorkshire Magistrates' Courts: Calderdale Courts: Closures Courts: Video Conferencing Alzheimer's Disease: Powers of Attorney Vulnerable Adults: Powers of Attorney

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Religious Buildings: Sanitation Coastal Communities Fund: Fisheries Coastal Communities Fund: Fisheries Floods: Finance Floods: Finance Floods: Finance Floods: Finance Floods: Finance Floods: Finance Local Plans: Calderdale Green Belt Property Development: Floods Floods: Finance Building Regulations

Department of Health and Social Care

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Endoscopy: Coronavirus Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome