Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Stewart Dickson on .
- MLA
- Mr Stewart Dickson
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 22 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5739541
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Text
On the issue of resource, the reality of the situation is that Northern Ireland is beset by sectarian flags; flags that communities do not want; and flags that communities are intimidated by. The Bill gives the opportunity to regulate and deal with those circumstances, and that will come at a cost. It is a cost that the community wants. Our constituents tell us that they want us to spend money on this. At various times of the year, I regularly receive complaints from residents about having flags taken down, and it is not just about whom you go to and whom you ask. Yes, of course, there will be a cost involved in that, but that is what the community wants us to do. People want us to spend money doing that.
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