{"id":143507,"date":"2018-06-19T20:38:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/upskirting-ban-also-protects-men-in-kilts\/"},"modified":"2018-06-19T20:38:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T20:38:01","slug":"upskirting-ban-also-protects-men-in-kilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/upskirting-ban-also-protects-men-in-kilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Upskirting ban &#8216;also protects men in kilts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People wearing kilts\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/27CF\/production\/_102119101_gettyimages-171722259-2.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Men wearing kilts will be protected from a new ban on &quot;upskirting&quot; in England and Wales, a government spokeswoman has said.<\/p>\n<p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton said the proposed law would protect the &quot;bodily dignity&quot; of both men and women.<\/p>\n<p>She told the Lords this would include &quot;kilt upskirting&quot;, as she briefed them about the government&#039;s plans.<\/p>\n<p>The government announced it was intervening after a backbench MP blocked an attempt to change the law.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#039;Pants protest&#039; against Commons row MP<\/li>\n<li>May &#039;disappointed&#039; at upskirting law block<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If passed, its new law would see someone who has secretly taken a photo under a victim&#039;s clothing face up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>A bill will be introduced in the House of Commons on Thursday, with the government promising it will make progress before the summer recess begins.<\/p>\n<p>In the House of Lords, Labour&#039;s shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti welcomed the proposed new law.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our feminism is to be judged by deeds not words,&quot; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Not only statues but statutes protecting all women&#039;s bodily integrity and dignity.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06bfth9.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionChristopher Chope says his actions have been misunderstood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response, government spokeswoman Baroness Vere said: &quot;This statute actually protects all men and women and their bodily dignities, as it does indeed include kilt upskirting, which I only recently became aware of.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In Scotland, a ban - which refers to operating equipment under people&#039;s clothing - has been in place since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative backbench MP Sir Christopher Chope faced a backlash on Friday when he shouted &quot;object&quot; to a backbench bill that would have introduced a specific upskirting offence in England and Wales, which campaigners say is needed to fill a gap in the current law.<\/p>\n<p>He said his actions had been &quot;cruelly misunderstood&quot;, saying he recognised the seriousness of the offence and that his objection was over the practice of approving a new law without any real debate - as he suggested could have happened on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Men wearing kilts will be protected from a new ban on &quot;upskirting&quot; in England and Wales, a government spokeswoman has said. 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