Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of flying the Commonwealth Flag from its building all year round on relationships between the UK and other Commonwealth countries.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have considered the merits of flying the Commonwealth flag. The FCDO will fly the Commonwealth flag for a week in March 2022 to mark Commonwealth Day, as well as for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. It is not our practice to fly on a permanent basis the flags of organisations of which the UK is a member.