Question follow-through · 1475
Flags: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to establish a new official local flag for Northern Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 24 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to establish a new official local flag for Northern Ireland.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Union Flag is the only official flag of Northern Ireland. The regulatory framework for official flag flying in Northern Ireland is determined by the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and The Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000. These regulatio...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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