A request by UKIP MEP Gerard Batten (pictured) for a minute's silence to be held in the European Parliament in memory of the July 7 victims was rejected by the Deputy President, it was claimed

The European Parliament snubbed a request for a minute's silence to be held for victims of the July 7 bombings, it was claimed today.

Britain fell silent at 11.30am this morning to mark the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks in which 52 people were killed in four suicide bomb blasts on the London transport network.

A similar tribute was requested during a session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg by UKIP MEP Gerard Batten.

But he was 'ignored' by the Deputy President, who continued on with proceedings, two fellow MEPs said today.

Tim Aker, a UKIP MEP for the East of England, tweeted: 'UKIP MEP Gerard Batten called for minute's silence in remembrance of 7/7 bombing victims.

'President of EU parliament ignored and moved on.'

Steven Woolfe also wrote on Twitter: 'GerardBattenMEP asks @Europarl_EN for a 1 minutes silence in respect of 10th anniversary of 7/7 bombing. IT WAS REFUSED.'

Mr Woolfe claimed that when another UKIP MEP, Raymond Finch, objected, he was heckled by some members of the chamber.

He tweeted: 'When @raymondfinch says shame and asks do you not care.

'One MEP in the Socialist/ EPP area of the chamber shouted NO! He should be ashamed.'

Angry: Two of Mr Batten's fellow UKIP MEPs, Tim Aker (left) and Steven Woolfe (right), took to Twitter to say that his request for a tribute had been 'ignored' by the EU Parliament's deputy president

Mr Aker's tweet claiming Mr Batten's request had been snubbed. The MEPs said a minute's silence was held later in the session after a request from a Spanish MEP

It was only when a Spanish MEP made another request 15 minutes later that the chamber was finally made to stand to pay tribute.

Mr Woolfe, a UKIP MEP for North West England, tweeted: 'Spanish MEP raises 1 minute for London victims and finally the chair relents.'

Mr Woolfe told MailOnline that even then the 'minute's' silence only lasted 27 seconds.

A spokeswoman for the European Parliament told MailOnline: 'The minute of silence had not been requested on Monday, when the week's agenda was set.

'However, in view of the momentousness of the occasion and the requests by some MEPs, the presiding chair decided on the spot to have a minute of silence for the victims of the 7/7 attacks.'

Families of the victims joined survivors of the horrific attack, members of the emergency services and politicians at two special services to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the atrocities in 2005, while a national minute's silence was observed at 11.30am.

George Psaradakis (centre), the driver of the number 30 bus which was blown up in Tavistock Square, looks at floral tributes left close to the scene of the attack as Britain remembered the 7/7 atrocity today

And across London, commuters and grieving families left poignant floral tributes close to where each of the four bombs exploded, at Aldgate, Edgware Road and Kings Cross stations, and at Tavistock Square, where the fourth bomb was detonated on board a bus.

The 2005 attack was the worst terrorist atrocity on British soil, and today the names of each of the 52 victims were read out at a poignant service at St Paul's Cathedrals, attended by many relatives of those killed in the blasts, and those who desperately tried to help them.

After the silence, petals fell from the dome and four candles were lit – one for each of the four blast sites.

Two Londoners embrace outside Edgware Road tube station as they bring flowers to leave in memory of the six people who died there

The victims of 7/7. Top row from left: Helen Jones, 28; Ciaran Cassidy, 22; Gamze Gunoral, 24; Christian Small, 28; Karolina Gluck, 29; Fiona Stevenson, 29; David Foulkes, 22; Jonathan Downey, 34; Laura Webb, 29; Jennifer Nicholson, 24. Second row, from left: Couple Lee Harris, 30, and Samatha Badham, 36; Atique Sharifi, 24; Elizabeth Daplyn, 26; Adrian Johnson, 37; Monika Suchocka, 23; Michael Matsushita, 37; Shahara Islam, 20; Sam Ly, 28; Anat Rosenberg, 39; Carrie Taylor, 24. Third row from left: Susan Levy, 53;James Mayes, 28;James Adams, 32; Rachelle Yuen, 27; Ihab Slimane, 19; Behnaz Mozakka, 47; Mihaela Otto, 46; Mala Trivedi, 51; Philip Russell, 28; William Wise, 54. Fourth row from left: Shyanuja Parathasangary, 30; Giles Hart, 55;Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26; Marie Hartley, 34; Miriam Hyman, 31; Gladys Wundowa, 50; Lee Baisden, 34; Stan Brewster, 52; Arthur Frederick, 60; Emily Jenkins, 24. Fifth row from left: Jamie Gordon, 30; Neetu Jain, 38; Richard Gray, 41; Benedetta Ciaccia, 30; Richard Ellery, 21; Colin Morley, 52; Ojara Ikeagwu, 55; Shelley Mather, 26; Philip Beer, 22; Anna Brandt, 42; Anne Moffat, 48 (not pictured)

Tube trains and buses stopped as the silence was observed, while tennis was delayed at Wimbledon.

Giving an address at the service – attended by dignitaries including David Cameron, Tony Blair and the Duke of York – the Bishop of London Richard Chartres said: 'Soon after 7/7 the families and friends of the victims compiled a book of tributes.

'It is a taste of the ocean of pain surrounding the loss of each one of the victims.The tribute book is also very revealing about the character of the London which the bombers attacked.