Emma walking alongside a Street Pastor observing one of their shifts Emma Roddick has dedicated her first weeks of summer recess to meet with community groups and charities supporting mental health across the Highlands & Islands. These groups included Highland Befrienders, Centred (formerly Birchwood Highland), and Inverness Street Pastors. Following these visits, Roddick said: "I [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick visited two active travel initiatives in Inverness to show her support for their work and find out more about future projects - Hi-Bike and Velocity Café & Bicycle Workshop. Commenting, Roddick said: "I'm a big advocate for active travel but in order for it to work for people, it's [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the news that anyone in Scotland who requires the surgical removal of mesh implants is to be offered surgery in the US as a potential treatment course. This option is in addition to the treatment options currently being offered with Spire Healthcare in Bristol and the Complex [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has asked the Scottish Government to reassure women and the LGBTQI+ community in Scotland following a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to overturn key abortion rights case Roe v Wade. Noting that there is rising promotion of anti-abortion campaigning in Scotland, too, she said: “Following the appalling [...]

SNP MSP Roddick has stated the importance of introducing a minimum income guarantee in Scotland, which would ensure nobody would fall under a set income level. Asking the Scottish Government to provide an update on the work of the Minimum Income Guarantee Steering Group, Roddick stated: “My region has some of the highest poverty levels [...]

To mark the start of her summer recess tour, Emma Roddick visited the Highland Housing Alliance to find out more about the work they're doing to create more affordable homes in the Highlands and future projects. Following the visit, Roddick commented: "It was great to hear more about the work that the Highland Housing Alliance [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has called on her party to do more to ensure that public sector workers are trauma-informed, telling them that witnesses to the Social Justice and Social Security Committee have reported being re-traumatised or frightened to engage with services due to difficult experiences. She said: “A message that’s come through loud and [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has hit out at the Tories during a social care debate by highlighting the nominal cost of holding a referendum compared to the ever-increasing amount of money the Scottish Government has to spend mitigating Tory decisions like the Bedroom Tax. Responding to an intervention by the Conservative group who [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick visited the Libertie Project this week during the Highland Climate Festival, taking part in a family-friendly event at their premises on Denny Street which aimed to share sustainable growing and cooking skills.  The Inverness-based project, which mainly deals with digital skills and tackling digital exclusion, also got local kids [...]

Pic Greg Macvean 16/06/2022 Cats Protection event at Scottish Parliament with MSPs Emma Roddick MSP met Cats Protection at a parliamentary reception in Holyrood to discuss the charity’s work across Scotland to improve feline welfare which includes through rehoming, neutering, education, and their campaigning work. The event, on 16 June, was sponsored by Mark Ruskell [...]