Tory MP Christopher Chope blocks progress of upskirting bill

Christchurch MP is sole objector to proposal to make it a crime to take photos up skirts
A bill to make upskirting a specific criminal offence punishable by up to two years in prison has been blocked in the House of Commons after a single Conservative MP objected to it.The voyeurism (offences) bill on upskirting – the taking of surreptitious, sexually intrusive images – was put forward by the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse after a campaign by Gina Martin. Police have declined to p