FAMILIES of some of those killed in the July 7 terror attacks in 2005 have called for a public inquiry to ensure lessons are learned properly.

Yesterday coroner Lady Justice Hallett ruled the 52 people killed on three Tubes and a bus were unlawfully killed by al Qaeda terrorists.

She also gave recommendations including two for the security services, who have been accused of failing to do their job by not showing good pictures of one bomber, Mohammed Siddique Khan, to an informant before the attacks.

Despite this many families said there were still unanswered questions arising from the inquests, which the coroner was unable to deal with because she was limited by law.

Marie Fatayi-Williams, whose son Anthony lived in Hendon and died on the bus in Tavistock Square, said: “I would say the inquest evidence, having brought us to its heights, has only started to bring us back to the foothills of the challenge that lies ahead. These are challenges that, for me, only a public inquiry can answer.

“It would look into what was known before and how it came about and have we learned any lessons from it?”

She also criticised the attitude of MI5, who started a judicial review during the five months of hearings to try and stop a senior agent from having to give evidence.

She added: “It has reopened old wounds, this should have been done so much earlier, but we have been taken back five-and-a-half years.

“Comfort can only come when the world is more secure. That's why we need a public inquiry so these questions can be answered.

“It's not for me bringing my son back, or for any of the other 51 families, it's for posterity so no other person has to walk this road we've had to walk.”

She said the lack of an apology from security services showed they were not prepared to take “blame” for the attacks.

Finchley resident Roz Morley, whose husband Colin died in the Edgware Road Tube bomb, backed calls for an inquiry.

During the hearings it emerged MI5 officers did not record their reasoning when deciding not to persue suspects after classing Khan as not a person of interest.

She said: “We have moved on in many ways but what's happened will stay with us for the rest of our lives.

“I'm very glad to see the security services processes are to be looked at, I still find that very worrying. I was shocked when I heard their lack of record keeping.

“It feels like MI5 feel they are almost above the law. The risks have still not gone away, this is a very, very serious issue and it has to be treated seriously.”

But Esther Hyman, whose sister Miriam also died at Tavistock Square, said she would not be actively pushing for a public inquiry.

She said: “It's another chapter in the long story that started on July 7. the prospect of a public inquiry is very double edged. I've learned to be quite fatalistic about things I can;t control.

“I think further investigation needs to be done, it seems quite clear the security services were not being completely up front, but one thin I know is I will never know everything.”

But she said she accepted her sister's life would not have been saved even if the criticised emergency response had been better.

She added: “I'm quite convinced no amount of speed or medical attention would have saved my sister's life, but I do obviously feel for the families who feel their loved ones suffered unnecessarily.”