I imagine they'll try to use this concession to undermine the petition - now standing at 65277. After all, it mentions the impoact on places of worship as one of the damaging aspects of the Bill, and therefore it is no longer relevant...

For that reason, its going to be important whether or not people continue to sign and at what rate. If, over the next week or so, it still keeps being signed as now, it would be quite difficuly to argue that it is primarily church licencing people objected to.

On the other hand, it would be a good idea if Graham Dixon could somehow add a rider to the site - but not the petition text itself as that would invalidate the petition - that the government has conceeded churches and, to a lessor extent, village halls etc and that people should only sign if they are concerned about other issues. Can anyone contact him and find out if this is possible?