Bill Walker

Former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Dunfermline

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Education (Qualified Teachers’ Contact Hours) – Public Petitions Committee, 01 November 2011

14/03/2012

I agree with the previous two speakers. Having been exposed to teaching and tutoring in schools and colleges, I want other people to be able to help in teaching. Many valuable people act as instructors and trainers, particularly in vocational areas. I do not want to cut teachers out, but we have to …

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Hospital Education – Public Petitions Committee, 20 September 2011

14/03/2012

We must find out how much of the lack of attention to sick children is just in the system—I do not want to say that it is because people do not care, but they are certainly not attending to their duties properly—and how much of it relates to local authorities saying that they do not have the money f…

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Education (Qualified Teachers Contact Hours) – Public Petitions Committee, 28 June 2011

13/03/2012

I am very much in favour of the three Rs—I am a bit of a dinosaur in that regard. I want everything to be focused on that, including the so-called enrichment activities. I was in a primary school in Dunfermline recently as a newly elected MSP to help the children understand politics. It was interest…

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