The Treasury Select Committee is today taking evidence on what the Government should do with its stakes in RBS and Lloyds, including a proposal first made by Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Treasury Committee, Stephen Williams MP to give Government-owned shares to the public.

Commenting, Stephen Williams said:

"This is a very popular idea which would give the public something back for bailing out the banks.

"I welcome the Treasury Select Committee's review into what to do with the Government's holding in RBS and Lloyds and hope that it furthers the case for giving the public their share."

Stephen Williams, MP for Bristol West, today called on all parties to support the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.

Commenting, Stephen said:

'I thoroughly support the Government's Bill to create a Groceries Code Adjudicator and was delighted to be invited to its official launch. The Adjudicator will create a fairer groceries market, benefiting consumers and suppliers. Many people in Bristol feel that large supermarkets have used their size to bully suppliers, a practice most often highlighted by the 'Tescopoly' campaign, and I am glad that the Coalition has listened to these concerns. I have sponsored an EDM calling on all parties to support this Bill and hope that we can unite in the cause of free and fair trade in the UK.'

Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West, Stephen Williams, has voiced concerns after the Home Office announced its intention to introduce new, and potentially far reaching, surveillance legislation.

Stephen has joined Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, in insisting that any proposed changes to existing legislation must be given enough time for proper scrutiny and amendment.

Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

• The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
• A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
• 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
• Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
• Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.

Commenting on the Chancellor's announcement that tax breaks will be given to TV animation productions, Stephen Williams, MP for Bristol West, said:

Upon hearing that Bristol-based Wallace and Gromit creators, Aardman Animations, were considering moving abroad because of the cost of production, I immediately raised the issue with my colleagues in the Treasury. I am delighted that the Chancellor listened to my concerns on the need to support TV animation production. This tax break will hopefully secure their future in Bristol.

Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West, has welcomed the decision by a Clifton auction house to exclude Holocaust related items from future sales and to make a donation to the Holocaust Education Trust. This move came after Stephen publicly criticised sale of such Nazi memorabilia and sponsored an Early Day Motion calling for the trade to be banned.

Stephen said: "I was disturbed by news a fortnight ago that Dreweatts Auction House were selling Holocaust victims' possessions. I contacted Dreweatts to convey my disgust at this sale item which I know is shared by many of my constituents.

"I am therefore pleased that the Executive Chairman of Dreweatts, Stephan Ludwig, has written to inform me that he has amended the auction house's policies to exclude Holocaust related items from sale.

"I also welcome the news that he has accepted my suggestion that Dreweatts make a donation to the excellent Holocaust Education Trust from the profit it received from the auction. I appreciate this act of goodwill and hope that Dreweatts change of heart will set an example to other auction houses in Britain that this type of business is unacceptable."

MP for Bristol West, Stephen Williams, has secured an assurance from the Planning Minster, Greg Clark, that, in future, property developers will be expected to do more to engage with local communities and to address residents' concerns over proposed developments.

This assurance came after Stephen secured a debate on the issue in the House of Commons. Last year, there were riots in Bristol over the opening of a branch of Tesco on Cheltenham Road. Stephen hopes that such local anger can be avoided in the future by ensuring that developers are made to listen to local people's concerns.

Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Committee, Stephen Williams, has helped to launch a new website to promote the Lib Dem's campaign for a £60 per month tax break for working people.

Stephen said: "Nick Clegg has made clear the Liberal Democrats want to go further and faster when it comes to cutting taxes for working people.

"These are tough times and we know people are feeling squeezed. That's why we want to do the right thing and put money back in people's pockets. The Liberal Democrats have always been clear our priority is tax cuts for people on low and middle incomes, not the rich.

"That's why we put this policy on the front page of our manifesto and it's why we want to go further and faster, raising the point at which you start paying tax beyond £10,000.That's £60 each month back in the wages of workers, paid for by taxing the wealthy."

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

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