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 [...]

To mark Climate Action Week, Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick joined the Inverness Tool Library for their climate awareness morning. The event is one of several events being held as part of the Highlands and Islands Climate Festival. The Tool Library, based in the Carse area of Inverness, enables residents to borrow tools for [...]

MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Emma Roddick, has welcomed the recent work being done by the Highland Wildlife Park to support the conservation and repopulation efforts of Scottish Wildcats. The MSP visited the Highland Wildlife Park to hear about the efforts to help repopulate the Scottish Highlands with wildcats through an ethical and focused [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has praised the Friends of Merkinch Local Nature Reserve for their decades of dedicated volunteer work, following a visit to the site. The nature reserve, which sits on the edge of the Moray Firth, is home to a wide array of wildlife, from roe deer to otters and a [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick joined local volunteers on the beach in Nairn this week for a community litter pick organised by social enterprise Green Hive.   The beach clean-up, which took place on Friday 4th July, brought together residents, families, and volunteers to tackle litter in the town centre and along the shoreline [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has welcomed news that the SNP Government is investing over £26 million in active travel infrastructure across the country, with Inverness set to benefit from a new route at the Raigmore Interchange. The funding, announced by Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop, supports construction ready projects through Tier 2 of the Active Travel [...]

Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, reaffirmed her commitment to biodiversity on Wednesday, 9th of April, with a visit to Achpopuli Farm near Inverness. Achpopuli Farm hosts pasture-fed animals, produces high-quality food for the community, and provides educational opportunities for local groups and the nearby school. Of the visit, Ms Roddick said: “Achpopuli Farm [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has spoken out following her dissent in a committee report, refusing to agree that a pause in the expansion of the industry should not be pursued despite welfare, mortality, and environmental issues highlighted. The SNP MSP dissented from this recommendation, against the grain of her party colleagues. In a debate on the [...]

Emma Roddick visted Da Gairdins to hear about the history of the land and how the charity was formed. Da Gairdins in Whiteness is a 60-acre site filled with woodland, gardens, and ponds, with a view across the sea. Ruby Inkster and her late husband Alan founded Da Gairdins, a place where her family had [...]