Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has secured a major victory for rural safety as her amendment to the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill passed unanimously in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 28th January. The amendment gives local councils the ability to operate fixed-penalty notice schemes to enforce by-laws aimed at preventing wildfires. Ms Roddick has [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has lodged an amendment to the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill, seeking to empower local councils to prevent the kind of devastating wildfires that ravaged Dava Moor last year. The amendment, due for consideration at Stage 3 on Tuesday 27th January, would allow local authorities to operate fixed penalty notice [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that the UK Government has undermined devolution by interfering with Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme - delaying the scheme’s launch. Reacting to the news that the scheme will now launch no earlier than 2025, rather than March next year as planned, Ms Roddick said that the UK Government’s [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick today welcomed the vision for a fairer, greener, more equal Scotland set out by First Minister Humza Yousaf as the Scottish Parliament returned from recess. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Humza Yousaf outlined his vision for Scotland and the outcomes his government aim to achieve by 2026 [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has recently visited Nairn’s new zero-waste refill shop, the Highland Weigh. The Highlands-based social enterprise, which opened its shop in late November last year, offers a range of sustainable foods and household products. Commenting, Emma Roddick said: “It is really fantastic to see a zero-waste approach being offered in [...]

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 [...]

Emma Roddick MSP recently grabbed a shovel and went out to plant fruit trees with local volunteers at the Cemetery Brae Community Orchard in Nairn. The local community has been involved in the project, which the SNP representative described as “wholesome”, to plant a great variety of fruit trees in the area. Roddick said: “It [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has argued in Parliament for consideration of the wider “causes of low footfall” when designing business support. In a debate on the Scotland Loves Local Fund, which recently paid out its first round of grants including £20,000 to Inverness and surrounding areas, she celebrated that this funding was “at [...]

Emma Roddick MSP visited Migdale and Ledmore woods this week to chat to Woodland Trust workers about upcoming changes to legislation and their plans to introduce capercaillie to the woods. Roddick, who is the Scottish Environment LINK “Capercaillie Champion”, said: “It was great to get out in the fresh air and talk to the Woodland [...]

https://twitter.com/Emma_Roddick/status/1458466941014790148?s=20 Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has pressed Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, for clarifications regarding supporting suitable renewable energy developments which will ensure the case for an interconnector for Orkney. Ofgem’s approval for a new cable is reliant on at least 135 MW of new energy generation projects [...]