“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in relation to the non-consensual filming of women in public.”
Asked by
Wera Hobhouse
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jess Phillips)
Sadly, as technology becomes entwined in our day-to-day lives, we recognise the threat that tech-enabled harm poses, which is why the violence against women and girls strategy sets out how we are seeking to tackle it. I am pleased to say that, from 1 April, measures under the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 will come into force, making it an offence to film where the intent is to cause harassment, alarm or distress because of the victim’s sex.