HC Deb 21 February 1957 vol 565 c82W
56. Mr. H. Hynd

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Act of 1928 for regulating the date of Easter Day will be brought into operation.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The Government could not consider bringing into force this Act, which fixes Easter Day as the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April, until they were satisfied that the general body of Christian opinion favours it.