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MPs debate on whether misogyny should become a hate crime | ITV News

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MPs are to vote on whether misogyny should be treated as a hate crime under new laws banning upskirting.

Labour MP Stella Creasy told ITV News she is seeking an amendment to new anti-voyeurism legislation because "she doesn't want to live in a country where women and men can't equally go about their business because of who they are."

The amendment aims to "ensure that if the crime is motivated by misogyny then that will be considered by a court as an aggravating factor" when sentencing.

The Voyeurism (Offences) Bill, which caused controversy recently when Tory backbencher Sir Christopher Chope blocked its passage to law, is back in the Commons with the support of the Prime Minister.

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