To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to bring into force the provisions of the Easter Act 1928 to fix the date of Easter from 2024 onwards.
Answered on
27 March 2023
The Easter Act 1928, which remains on the Statute Book, would set the date for Easter to fall on the Sunday that follows the second Saturday in April. The Act has not been brought into force. To do so would require an Order in Council, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament. If the Christian churches agreed on moving to a fixed date for Easter then the Government would consider whether to bring into force the Easter Act 1928 or to make such other legislative provision as may be needed.
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Department for Business and Trade
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