Former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dunfermline
02/02/2012
I am following the progress of an innovative new training, advice and support service now running in Abbeyview, which aims to help local people into work. The Abbeyview Project located in Allan Crescent will establish an Information and Recreation Centre for the community, particularly aimed at young people. Read more of this post
02/02/2012
Last week before the world’s media in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, detailed the Scottish Government’s proposals for the Independence Referendum. He invited the people of Scotland to take part in the Consultation process. Read more of this post
02/02/2012
As Scotland’s ancient capital, Dunfermline is a city steeped in history. Our Abbey is the final resting place of more Scottish royalty than anywhere outside Iona. Robert the Bruce lies beneath the pulpit, one of an array of colourful figures tied to our city, such as King Malcolm Canmore, Saint Margaret, William Wallace and Andrew Carnegie. Read more of this post
01/02/2012
The Dunfermline branch of Soroptimist International, a world organisation committed to furthering human rights and women’s status, recently invited their local MSP to address them on renewable energy. Read more of this post01/02/2012
Bill Walker, MSP for Dunfermline, has encouraged his rural constituents to participate in an online consultation on the European Commission’s proposals for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Read more of this post01/02/2012
SNP MSP Bill Walker has welcomed news that an ambitious oral health programme aimed at children has now rolled out to every NHS health board in Scotland. Read more of this post31/01/2012
SNP’s Bill Walker and Brian Goodall joined representatives from Fife Housing Association for the launch of a new development in Inchkeith Drive, Dunfermline, described as a revolution in social housing. Read more of this post
31/01/2012
A training, advice and support service has launched in Abbeyview, Dunfermline, to help local job-hunters into work. The Abbeyview Project, located in Allan Crescent, was officially opened by SNP MSP Bill Walker. It will provide an Information and Recreation Centre for the community, aimed particularly at young people. Read more of this post
27/01/2012
27/01/2012
MSP Bill Walker is urging his Dunfermline constituents to take part in shaping the Independence Referendum by participating in the Scottish Government Consultation. Read more of this post
25/01/2012
24/01/2012
Pupils from Carnock Primary School are among the latest to benefit from a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, through its 2014 Communities micro grants programme. Read more of this post
23/01/2012
Network Rail has agreed to support a World Heritage Site status bid for the Forth Rail Bridge, in a move welcomed by Bill Walker, SNP MSP for nearby Dunfermline. Previously Network Rail had failed to support the bid, meaning it could not go ahead. Read more of this post
20/01/2012
Local MSP Bill Walker has put Dunfermline forward as “an ideal candidate to host major Scottish cultural and historical events” in Scotland’s Year of Homecoming 2014. Read more of this post19/01/2012
Bill Walker, SNP MSP for Dunfermline, has called on Scottish Labour to clarify their position after 32 Labour MPs at Westminster, including Dunfermline’s Thomas Docherty, voted in favour of “an important role for the private sector in supporting delivery of NHS care”. Read more of this post18/01/2012
After yet another group in his constituency has received lottery funding, SNP MSP Bill Walker has welcomed news. Dunfermline and West Fife Beekeepers Association has been given an Awards for All Scotland grant of £9,496 from the Big Lottery Fund. Read more of this post
18/01/2012
Recent referendum comments by Peter Duncan, former Tory MP and Chairman, have been hailed by Dunfermline’s SNP MSP Bill Walker as “an attempt to raise the level of debate in the Conservative party”. Mr Duncan has called for the Tories to pursue the option of devo-max and has warned that London leaders should not dictate the terms of the referendum or take a prominent position in the campaign. Read more of this post
17/01/2012
SNP MSP Bill Walker has welcomed the Scottish Government’s Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill which will put local knowledge at the heart of delivering services in communities across Scotland. Read more of this post17/01/2012
A new website celebrating Dunfermline, with an emphasis on the city’s long royal history, has been praised by local MSP Bill Walker. Read more of this post16/01/2012
13/01/2012
13/01/2012
12/01/2012
From high hedges to high winds — Fife has had more than its share of odd weather recently. My personal experience is not the worst case, but I sympathise with those who have felt the effects of our unusual weather. Read more of this post
12/01/2012
Over the holidays, a report by Audit Scotland suggested tolls might need to be reintroduced on the Forth Road Bridge.
I can confirm that the SNP Government has no plans, intentions or ‘blue sky’ thinking about reintroducing the tolls it famously scrapped in 2008. This is as much the case for the Forth Replacement Crossing as for the existing Bridge. Read more of this post
12/01/2012
Last November in this column, I mentioned that I attended the first Parliamentary Working Group set up to write legislation for the control of high hedges between neighbouring residential properties. I am pleased to report that progress has been made. Read more of this post
