At questions to the Secretary of State for Digitial, Culture, Media, and Sport, Andrew Rosindell M.P. rose to defend the integrity of our national symbols, namely the Union Jack and the Cross of St. George. We cannot continue to allow private companies and public bodies to subvert the meaning of our nation's emblem.
Andrew is the Chairman of the British Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group which encompasses a sub-committee on Flags and Heraldry.
I think many people would be quite angered by the way certain national organisations have tried to change our national flags, the cross of St George and the Union Jack. Is it not time that we protected and cherished our national symbols by appointing a Minister of the Crown from the Cabinet Office to oversee that? Will the Minister also look at the Union Flag Bill of 2008, which would enshrine in legislation the protection of our cherished national flag?
Andrew Rosindell M.P., Member of Parliament for Romford
The Union Jack should be a unifying symbol for the whole country. It has looked the way it has for the past several hundred years and I see no point in messing around with it. I am not sure that we need legislation; we just need some common sense.
The Rt Hon. Stuart Andrew M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society
