New upskirting law blocked by Tory MP
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceAn attempt to make upskirting a specific criminal offence in England and Wales has been blocked by one Conservative MP.
The government gave its support to a change in the law before it was brought to the Commons.
But Sir Christopher Chope shouted "object" to the private member's bill.
The campaign for the bill against upskirting - when photos are secretly taken under a skirt - was started by victim Gina Martin.
In the Commons, MPs shouted "shame" after the intervention, stopping the bill getting a second reading.
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The bill, brought to the House by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, would have made upskirting a criminal offence in line with other voyeurism offences - meaning offenders could face a maximum of two years in prison.
It was expected to pass after the Ministry of Justice earlier showed its support.
But the rules in Parliament mean it only requires one MP to shout "object" to block a bill's progress.
'I was upskirted at the bus stop'
Debbie was 17 when a man came and sat down next to her at a bus stop, and then started moving closer towards her.
She says: "I was aware something wasn't quite right, but every time I turned around he pretended to be looking out towards the road where the bus was coming from.
"You don't always have the confidence to say something, so I stood up and walked away.
"But when I turned around to look at him he was holding up his mobile phone. It was a video of my bum - he had been trying to video up my dress."
Read more about Debbie's story and other upskirting victims
