Season’s Greetings!

My team and I would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year when it comes.

My office will be closed on the 23rd of December and will reopen on the 9th of January. My inbox at emma.roddick.msp@parliament.scot will be monitored periodically for emails on the most sensitive and urgent matters.

If your enquiry cannot wait for a response, you may wish to contact one of the following:

Police Scotland (non-emergency): 101

Scottish Water Emergency Helpline: 0800 0778 778

Scottish Gas Emergency Helpline: 0800 111 999

Women’s Aid Scotland Helpline: 0800 027 1234

Samaritans: 116123

Childline: 0800 1111

Highland Council out of hours: 08457 697284 (health and social care), 01349 886690 (roads, parks, flooding and street lighting), 01349 886691 (housing, homelessness and public buildings), 07818 588 203 (registration)

Shetland Islands Council out of hours: 01595 693535

Orkney Islands Council out of hours: 01856873430

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar out of hours: 01851 701702

Argyll and Bute Council out of hours: 01631 566491 or 01631 569712 (social work services), 0345 056 5457 (homelessness), 0800 028 2755 (housing repairs), 0800 373 635 (local or minor roads or lighting defects), 0800 028 1414 (trunk road defects)

Moray Council out of hours: 03457 565656