article_snippet: Tory ministers have given up trying to change it before the General Election .
article_snippet: Downing Street and the culture department had insisted at the start of February following the House of Lords amendment, that Downing Street and the culture department would try to overturn this deadline.
article_snippet: Yesterday however, ministers dropped ministers opposition to it, claiming ministers now believe it should wait for the outcome of an independent review into decriminalisation by David Perry QC at the end of June.
article_snippet: But Chris Bryant, Labour’s culture spokesman said the law would be changed to require the next government to respond to the findings of the review within three months (must keep).
article_snippet: Lib Dem culture minister Tom Brake said: ‘the next government is clear that the review is a high priority…
article_snippet: ’ Andrew Bridgen, the Tory MP who led the campaign for decriminalisation, called the delay imposed by the Lords
highlights_snippet: Any changes have been shelved until after the General Election .
  