The Student debt sale was debated in the House of Commons on 23rd January 2008.  As the local MP is now the Lib Dem spokesperson for higher education one would expect he would treat this debate with some seriousness.  See extract from Hansard below:

 Stephen Williams: Like me, the hon. Member for Reading, East got interested in politics in the 1980s—I believe that we were in the same party at that point.

Mr. Wilson: No, we were not.

Stephen Williams: We have been in the same party at one point.

Mr. Wilson: No, we have not.

Stephen Williams: We were both members of the Social Democratic party once.

Mr. Wilson: No, I was not.

Stephen Williams: I stand corrected.