Scottish National Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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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.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee meeting date: 2 October 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Until May 2022, I held a role as a Highland councillor and received a salary for that, which I donated to local charities in the Highlands."
Chamber meeting date: 1 October 2025
3. Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "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. (S6O-05004)"
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "It is clear that the climate emergency is changing our weather and that the dry summer this year brought about unprecedented wildfires…
Chamber meeting date: 25 September 2025
8. Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the distress brief intervention programme. (S6O-04985)"
Chamber meeting date: 24 September 2025
Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "The retail sector is vital to Scotland’s economy and supports our local communities with services, amenities and employment opportunities…
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP not voted
Disagreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
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: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."
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:2 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 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."
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:9 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 10 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."
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:25 August 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 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."
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:2 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 10 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…
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:3 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 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."
Asked by: Emma Roddick, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged:27 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 June 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…