Scottish National Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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Website: emmaroddick.scot
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
18 June 2024 - 19 June 2025
Member
30 March 2023 - 08 May 2024
Scottish Government
10 November 2022 - 31 March 2023
Deputy Convener
17 June 2021 - 10 November 2022
Member
08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022
Substitute Member
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.
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]
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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]
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: 11 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "With my region being what it is—it includes Orkney, the Highlands, Islay and Moray—I represent a lot of areas with distilleries, and I have tried to engage with the staff and owners of many of them…
Chamber meeting date: 9 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "From today’s motion, two things are very clear to me: the SNP is good for Scotland’s railway, and improvements are easier to make for Scotland’s railway when the powers lie here in Scotland. I am a very regular user of Scotland’s railways…
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 4 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Good morning. I have a few questions about accessibility changes. The main change relates to the requirement about the detailed description of the tactile voting device…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Spiralling energy costs and Labour’s national insurance hike are squeezing the public sector and businesses alike and limiting their ability to grow and invest. Does the minister agree that Labour must urgently abandon that tax on jobs…
Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "I have many constituents who show up, week after week, to vigils and protests for Palestine, adding their voice to those of the many Scots who oppose the genocide that is happening in Gaza…
Find out how Emma Roddick has voted recently.
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 60 for, 49 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025
Result 26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 72 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, September 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Result 91 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Find out what motions Emma Roddick has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10 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."
Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Scotland's rent adjudication system has resulted in rents raised above that which was requested by landlords, what its position is on whether the system is working as intended, and whether there are any plans to revisit this policy."
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 September 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the commitment in the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Delivery Plan 2024-2029 and the Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029 to develop a blue carbon action plan."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 10 September 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the compatibility of the provision of non-therapeutic male circumcision on the NHS with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024."
Answered by Neil Gray on 8 September 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 2 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s May 2025 recommendation that statutory codes of practice or official guidance for the welfare of farmed and ornamental fish should be established, in light of the reported finding by the Animal Law Foundation that there have been no…
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 June 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36400 by Mairi Gougeon on 22 April 2025, and in light of reports of significant welfare concerns, how it ensures that the enforcement of farmed fish welfare law is consistent and effective, and whether it considers the reported reliance on verbal advice, written advice and…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 June 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 June 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the procurement of replacement freight vessels for the Northern Isles Ferry Service routes from Aberdeen to Orkney and Shetland."
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding improving the process for bringing forward orders under section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998."
Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 9 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce statutory financial penalties for (a) large-scale salmon escapes and (b) environmental non-compliance within the salmon farming sector, in line with international standards"
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 May 2025
Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 7 May 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of escaped farmed salmon on wild salmon populations in Scottish rivers and coastal waters."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 May 2025