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Bill Walker (Dunfermline) (SNP) As a member of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee, I was pleased to take part in the inquiry into the living wage in December and January. I wholly support the committee report, and I would like to address both the wider economics and the morality of the living-wage argument.
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Bill Walker Will the member give way?
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Bill Walker (Dunfermline) (SNP) I declare an interest as an elected member of Fife Council.
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Bill Walker Good afternoon. I want to follow that up at a local level. In Fife, we have a pretty good relationship between Fife Council and the police, especially at local level. We have wards, area committees and so on, and as a councillor I regularly meet constables, sergeants, inspectors and chief inspectors...
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Bill Walker As I have said, in Fife we have a pretty good relationship with all ranks in the matrix structure, from that of chief constable downwards, and I am sure that the same is true in Dumfries and Galloway. A look at those relationships might be worth while.
I should say also that I am pleased...
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Bill Walker I will have another go—you heard us discussing this with the previous panel—at the idea of local commanders. In Fife, we have a good relationship at the lower levels—by which I mean wards, area committees and so on—between communities and the police. That works very well and involves constables, ser...
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Bill Walker This might be the final question. I was heartened to hear Kevin Smith mention earlier that an inspector or chief inspector would be the local commander to look after Clackmannanshire. I live near there, and that is good.
The position of local commander will be at the heart of the system a...
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Bill Walker I hope that David O’Connor will remember that I said to the previous panel that superintendents are all very nice people.
I am very much in favour of the whole thing, but its success on the ground will revolve around the local commander. In Fife, we have good relationships through our str...
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Bill Walker I will ask a question that is similar to the one that I put to the police. I am pleased to say that in Fife, or certainly in west Fife, which is my part of the world, there is a pretty good relationship between the fire and rescue service and the communities, although in recent years the relationshi...
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Bill Walker (Dunfermline) (SNP)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support dairy farmers. (S4O-00684)
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