article_snippet.sent: Campaigners are calling for the government to implement an almost 90-year-old law that would fix the date of Easter in a bid to boost the economy.
article_snippet.sent: After next month's election, ministers could be asked to make sure Easter Day always falls between April 9 and 15, so businesses can plan holiday rotas in advance and allow the travel industry to better prepare for the summer season.
article_snippet.sent: In 1928, An act Easter was passed in Parliament to make sure that the holiday weekend would be a fixed date in April.
article_snippet.sent: After next month's general election, minister could be asked to consider fixing the date of Easter Easter .
article_snippet.sent: But just before the dissolution of Parliament last week, Conservative Sir Greg Knight, who is defending his East Yorkshire seat at the general election, asked ministers if there were any plans to implement the Easter Act 1928.
article_snippet.sent: This also prompted the National Secular Society to write to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding Easter be a set date in April.
article_snippet.sent: It is thought that the Roman Catholic Church do not object to the plans to fix a date for Easter .
article_snippet.sent: The letter by the National Secular Society's executive director Keith Porteous Wood, said: 'The variation of the date of Easter by over a month causes significant and unnecessary inconvenience.
article_snippet.sent: As you will be aware, the law requires large shops, including supermarkets and even DIY stores, to close on Easter Sunday. '
article_snippet.sent: We support the rights of those who wish to observe Easter, but is is unreasonable and disrespectful to the remainder of the population for the operation of the law to prevent those who wish to observe Easter from shopping then in such outlets.'
article_snippet.sent: But just before the dissolution of Parliament, Conservative Sir Greg Knight asked ministers if there were any plans to implement the Easter Act 1928.
article_snippet.sent: The Local Government Association and the Family and Childcare Trust have also backed the plan, saying that at least the two-week Easter school holidays should be the same every year to allow parents to plan childcare.
article_snippet.sent: However, according to the Independent Business Minister Jo Swinson said there was 'no indication' that Easter would become a fixed date.
article_snippet.sent: In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Easter is determined using the Julian calendar and is always celebrated after the Jewish festival of Passover.
highlights_snippet.sent: Campaigners are calling for Easter Day to be fixed between April 9 and 15 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: An act was passed in 1928 to make sure Easter Sunday was on a fixed date .
  