Issue - meetings
Request to fly a flag annually on International Women's day - 8 March
Meeting: 16/10/2017 - City Executive Board (became Cabinet on 13 May 2019) (Item 92)
92 Request to fly a flag annually on International Women's day - 8 March 
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Lead Member: Councillor Bob Price, Board Member for Corporate Strategy and Economic Development.
The Head of Law and Governance submitted a reportto consider a request to add International Women’s Day, 8 March, as an annual event to Flag Flying Protocol.
Recommendation: That the City Executive Board resolves to:
1. Approve the inclusion of International Women’s Day, 8 March, as an annual event in the Flag Flying Protocol.
2. Approve the flying of the flag, to be designed in suffragette colours, during the period 24 February 2018 and 11 March 2018 to coincide with the festival to mark the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the Peoples Act 1918.
Minutes:
The Head of Law and Governance submitted a reportto consider a request to add International Women’s Day, 8 March, as an annual event to Flag Flying Protocol.
Councillor Bob Price, Board Member for Corporate Strategy and Economic Development commended the report to the Board.
The City Executive Board resolved to:
1. Approve the inclusion of International Women’s Day, 8 March, as an annual event in the Flag Flying Protocol.
2. Approve the flying of the flag, to be designed in suffragette colours, during the period 24 February 2018 and 11 March 2018 to coincide with the festival to mark the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the Peoples Act 1918.