Question follow-through · 43485
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 35702 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags, whether his Department had previously applied for planning p
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 35702 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags, whether his Department had previously applied for planning p
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
The bisexual flag was flown on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) internal Quad flagpole in September 2024. It was thought the flag would not be visible to the public, and so no planning permission was sought. It has subsequently been...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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