Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed new guidance for bird keepers on preventing the spread of avian influenza. Ms Roddick asked the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, to provide detail on methods identified to help protect poultry from the recent outbreak of avian influenza. In response, Ms Gougeon assured [...]

SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick has welcomed the news that progress has been made on closing the disability employment gap. In response to Ms Roddick speaking on the issue in the Parliament today [2nd NOVEMBER 2022], the Minister for Employment, Richard Lochhead, disclosed that the employment rate for disabled people in [...]