Flags
House of Lords
Viscount Waverley (Crossbench)
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will support an initiative for all civic offices within the union to fly the union flag on a permanent basis.
Lord Davies of Oldham (Deputy Chief Whip (House of Lords), HM Household; Labour)
DCMS will shortly be consulting on the arrangements on flag flying from central government buildings. This follows the publication of the Green Paper The Governance of Britain on
In the mean time, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has decided that government departments should have the freedom to fly the union flag when they want. This arrangement will stay in place until the outcome of the consultation is published.
Individuals, local authorities and other organisations can already fly the union flag whenever they wish.