Bishop's Stortford MP Julie Marson pays tribute to 7/7 survivors like her friend Louise in speech on terrorism

Bishop's Stortford MP Julie Marson has marked the 15th anniversary of the 7/7 London terror attacks with an impassioned speech on terrorism.

The Conservative revealed a personal connection to the Islamist atrocity in 2005 when four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured more than 700 others by detonating three home-made explosive devices on London Underground trains and a fourth on a bus.

Mrs Marson's speech on Tuesday (July 7) about her friend Louise, who was on the Tube next to a carriage where a bomb detonated, was made as part of a session by the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Public Bill Committee.

To help those injured in the attack, Mrs Marson described how many were bandaged with the possessions of commuters, including belts and ties.

Louise was able to get off the train after what "seemed like forever", but had to walk past the bombed carriage, which looked as if it had been ripped apart "like a can of Coke". Her friend walked past two bodies on the track.

After leaving the tunnel and giving her details to police, Louise walked off into London, trying to contact her husband to tell him that she was okay but wanted a cup of tea.

Mrs Marson said that Louise "personifies the bravery and what we always do in the face of terrorism, that we just get on with it and we won't let our way of life be changed".

Julie finished her speech by telling fellow members that the best tribute the committee could pay to those affected was passing the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill.

The cross-party committee is conducting line-by-line scrutiny of proposed legislation.