Debate contribution: Display of Flags and Emblems Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Ms Paula Bradshaw on .
- MLA
- Ms Paula Bradshaw
- 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 5739825
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I thank the Member for giving way. Again, it might be the way in which we have ordered the clauses, but the Bill's starting point is that we want to allow people to have celebrations and commemorations without interference with the erection and affixation of their flags and emblems. They can use the portal. If they want to celebrate in their community, they can use the portal and let the Department know, and it will leave the flags alone. The focus of the Bill is on flags that are put up without people knowing their purpose and those that are left up for a long time. It is not about trying to curtail anybody's cultural identity.
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