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Written Question · S5W-36137 · Session 5

Whether guidance on flying flags from its buildings changed in 2021; what any such changes were, and what the reasons were for any changes …

Answered Asked by Lewis Macdonald Lab Lodged 11 Mar 2021

The question

To ask the Scottish Government whether guidance on flying flags from its buildings changed in 2021; what any such changes were, and what the reasons were for any changes made.

The answer

Answered by Michael Russell on 18 Mar 2021 · 7 days after it was lodged, on time

It is normal practice for the Scottish Government to publish updated flag flying guidance at the beginning of each year. The main changes to the guidance in 2021 were:Confirming specific flag flying dates;The removal of the birthday of HRH The Duke of York as an official flag flying day;Confirmation of the Government’s previously announced policy to fly the European Flag daily at St Andrew’s House and Victoria Quay, subject to other flag flying commitments; andAdvice about the possible effects the COVID-19 pandemic on scheduled flag flying days.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-36137 by reference.