Easter

(asked on 28th February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring into force the provisions of the Easter Act 1928 to fix the date of Easter from 2025.


Answered by
Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
This question was answered on 4th March 2024

The Easter Act 1928 would set the date for Easter to fall between the 9th and 15th April each year. The Easter Act 1928 remains on the Statute Book but has not been brought into force. To do so would require an Order in Council, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament. The Act also requires that, before the Order is made, ‘regard shall be had to any opinion officially expressed by any Church or other Christian Body.’ There is no indication that the churches support a move to a fixed date for Easter.

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