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: 6 November 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "The cabinet secretary has referenced the worrying increase in anti-climate rhetoric…
Chamber meeting date: 5 November 2025
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
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
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
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."
Find out how Emma Roddick has voted recently.
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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."
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."
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)."
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."
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."
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)."
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."
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."
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."
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."