vicky ford, let me start with you.s, you've made your maiden speech. your background is as a member of the european parliament. do you think that gave you an advantage? well, i see, as a former member of the european parliament, that we've got a huge amount of work to do over the next two years. actually, the negotiations were brexit, we don't control the timescale, we've got 27 other countries we need to get agreement with and we've got to get on with that process, so i was quite keen to, um, get started myself. it's a bit like standing on top of a diving board and looking down and thinking, at some point i've got to make my first speech, so why not try and do it straightaway? chris williamson, a very different experience for you, because you were in parliament before, until 2015. what do you think that two years away from westminster taught you? what did you learn from being away and what did you learn from being defeated ? it was a very bitter pill to swallow, i have to say. i'm a local lad and it was a great privil

vicky ford, chelmsford, terrible tragedy and we must do everything to help.n tall buildings, i have worked on the 50 plus floor of a tall building and they, too, will be fearful so can be make sure what ever lessons we learn about how to make tall buildings for housing safe, are also applied to buildings where people work? hornchurch and westminster, june, prior to my election i was a councillor in tower hamlets and writing a book about london in the naughties and as part of that book i have been talking to a member of the canary wharf panel, who talked about how tall building construction changed after 911 because the world trade center was made out of steel and the building melted, and we talked about the fact that now, in relation to vicky's point, a lot of commercial buildings in the vacuum a if there was a fire so the core of the building, you can actually put all of your staff into the core of the building so everybody is safe and you can be in there for quite some time and they wonder whether a similar review could take place for a lot of tall resident

vicki ‘s ford making her maiden speech. s williamson, an mp until 2015 and has just been re—elected for labour, join me now. vicki, can we start with you? you have been keen. yourfirst out of the block to make your maiden speech. your background is as a member of the european parliament. did they give you an advantage? as a former mep, we have a huge amount of work to do in the next two years. the negotiations for brexit, we do not control the timing scale. we have 27 other countries we need to get agreement with and we need to get agreement with and we need to get on with the process. so i was quite keen to get started myself. it isa quite keen to get started myself. it is a little like standing on top of the diving board and looking down and thinking at some point i've got to make my first speech, why not do it straightaway? chris, a different experience for you because you were in parliament until 2015. what do you think the two years away from westminster taught you ? what you think the two years away from westminster ta

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