A bill to make upskirting a criminal offence will be debated in the House of Commons again today after it was thrown out by a Tory MP last week.

The bill, which could see people who take photos up women's skirts without permission face up to two years in jail was rejected by Sir Christopher Chope when proposed in a backbench bill on Friday.

After outrage and backlash in which the MP's office was adorned with four pairs of knickers, Sir Christopher said he had been "scapegoated" and rejected the bill only because he wanted it to be debated with full scrutiny.

But after support from the public, a huge number of MPs and Theresa May herself, the bill will be put forward by the Government today.

The Prime Minister said on Wednesday that the worse offenders of upskirting should be put on the sex offenders register.

Mrs May said: "Upskirting is a hideous invasion of privacy, it leave victims feeling degraded and distressed."