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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Emma Roddick

Scottish National Party

MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day

About Emma Roddick

Contact details

Contact online

Website: emmaroddick.scot

X (previously known as Twitter): @Emma_Roddick

Facebook: Emma's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6328
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Emma is a member of 4 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gaelic

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Enterprise

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wood Panel Industry

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Emma does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Emma does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Emma has had 5 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

18 June 2024 - 19 June 2025

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Member

30 March 2023 - 08 May 2024

Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees

Scottish Government

10 November 2022 - 31 March 2023

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Deputy Convener

17 June 2021 - 10 November 2022

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Member

08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Emma's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Here is the register for Emma Roddick. The date of their initial statement was 01 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

Until May 2021 I was a Member Pioneer with The Co-operative (a Membership-led organisation involved in groceries, insurance, and funeralcare of Telford Retail Park, 74 Telford Street, Telford, Inverness, IV3 5LS). I received remuneration of up to £500 per annum and have received no remuneration since April 2021. I spent 4 hours per week on the role. [Amended interest 20 January 2022]

Until 5 May 2022, I was a Councillor with The Highland Council (of Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, IV3 5NX). I received remuneration of between £15,001 and £20,000 per annum and spent approximately 25 hours per week in the role. My councillor’s salary received after May 2021 was donated to local charities. [Amended interest 26 May 2022]

Gifts

No registrable interests

Overseas visits

No registrable interests

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests

Heritable property

No registrable interests

Interest in shares

No registrable interests

Voluntary

As of 30 September 2024, I am a Board member of Centred. [Registered 17 September 2024]

I am a Friend of Eden Court Highlands, Inverness. [Registered 7 December 2022]

[Ceased interest removed from entry: 10 August 2023]

I am a member of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Supporters' Trust. [Registered 9 August 2022]

Recent Activity

What was said

What Emma Roddick has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 6 November 2025

Draft Climate Change Plan

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "The cabinet secretary has referenced the worrying increase in anti-climate rhetoric…

Chamber meeting date: 5 November 2025

Baby Loss (Support)

8. Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure comprehensive emotional, bereavement and practical support is accessible for people who have experienced baby loss. (S6O-05105)"

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 5 November 2025

Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Minister, you said that, because this is a non-Government bill, you did not have the opportunity to feed in to the specifics. Would you potentially be looking to amend this section of the bill at later stages? If so, how?"

Chamber meeting date: 30 October 2025

Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Animal welfare charities are raising concerns about the severe distress that fireworks cause to many animals…

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 30 October 2025

Statutory Guidance on Imprints for Non-party Campaigners at Scottish Parliamentary Elections and Council Elections in Scotland (SG 2025/215) [Draft]

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "There are multiple issues with this guidance. I am not happy with the position—of either take it or leave it—that the committee has been put in, so I would like to move a motion to take this to a vote."

Votes

How Emma Roddick has voted in Parliament

Find out how Emma Roddick has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 44 Amendment 380

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Result 90 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 44 Amendment 112

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 44 Amendment 231

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Result 90 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote

MSP voted for

Agreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 44 Amendment 110

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 44 Amendment 109

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Disagreed

Motions

Questions

Questions Emma Roddick has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question reference: S6W-41699

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:5 November 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS Grampian is ensuring that all detainees in police custody in Elgin can access their prescribed medication, including methadone, in line with existing relevant operational procedures and guidance, and following the rapid review carried out in 2023."

Question reference: S6W-41698

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:5 November 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress it has made towards receiving annual updates from NHS boards to ensure that the appropriate healthcare standards and practices are in place for detainees in police custody."

Question reference: S6W-41700

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:5 November 2025

Current Status: Answer expected on 19 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what input its ministers have had into the development of Police Scotland’s Unacceptable Actions by Complainers Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)."

Question reference: S6O-05138

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:5 November 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting and improving the experience of victims of domestic abuse, particularly in situations where there are young children in the family."

Question reference: S6O-05105

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:29 October 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure comprehensive emotional, bereavement and practical support is accessible for people who have experienced baby loss."

Question reference: S6W-41468

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:24 October 2025

Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 October 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it will give community energy projects priority access to sites on public land due for repowering, through measures such as updated guidance and enhancements to the Community Asset Transfer Scheme (CATS)."

Question reference: S6W-40858

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:29 September 2025

Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when the next Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract (CHFS3) will commence."

Question reference: S6O-04985

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:17 September 2025

Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Distress Brief Intervention programme."

Question reference: S6O-05004

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:24 September 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its approach to considering a hypermobility pathway for healthcare, in line with that being brought forward in Wales."

Question reference: S6O-04955

Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party

Date lodged:10 September 2025

Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill aims to give school pupils an independent right to opt in, but not opt out, of religious observance."

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