Emma Roddick MSP has met with the Carbon Neutral Islands team in Yell to hear about the work going on. The Carbon Neutral Islands project includes six islands – Barra, Great Cumbrae, Hoy, Islay, Raasay, and Yell – and is supporting the islands in their journey to become carbon neutral by 2040. Each island has [...]
Tha Emma air a ràdh gum bith maoineachadh ùr bho Riaghaltas Na h-Alba airson buidhean leasachaidh na Gàidhlig, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, “glè cudromach” airson cànan is cultar na Gàidhlig anns an sgìre. Bidh a’ chiad mhaoineachadh de £175,000 a’ daingneachadh obraichean 27 oifigear coimhearsnachd a bhios, tro phròiseactan ionadail, a’ brosnachadh na Gàidhlig. Tha a' [...]
I am excited to announce a number of surgeries across April! To book a slot, please email: emma.roddick.msp@parliament.scot including your name, address, and contact number. Alternatively, you can call 01463 563036. You do not have to wait for a surgery to ask for help. You can contact my office at any time using the email [...]
Emma has welcomed the Fair Fares Review which was published today [Friday 22nd of March]. The review announces that the Scottish Government will continue to provide the existing free bus travel for under-22s, recognising the challenging economic times for young people, and are also going further to develop proposals to introduce free foot passenger travel on [...]
Emma attended the 2024 Rural Housing Scotland Conference in Aviemore on Friday [23rd of February 2024] to discuss the Scottish Government’s Addressing Depopulation Action Plan and how to sustain rural communities in the Highlands & Islands. The plan, which was published last week [16th of February], is particularly important to rural communities that are already facing a [...]
Emma Roddick MSP has called on the UK Government to lift the £50 million cap on annual charity lottery sales. Speaking in a Members’ Business Debate on Thursday [1st of February], Emma called on the cap to be lifted as it is “outdated and unneeded”. The cap is said to be impacting the ability of [...]
Emma Roddick met with members of the Scottish Rural & Islands Youth Parliament in Holyrood on Thursday [18th of January]. Members of the Rural & Islands Youth Parliament travelled to Edinburgh to meet with MSPs to discuss ten demands that were created by members at the 2023 Scottish Rural & Islands Youth Parliament event in November. [...]
Emma Roddick has invited her constituents to get involved in the “Fair Begins Here” campaign. The campaign that was launched at the end of last year calls for “a fair new plan for refugees that works for everyone”. Numerous charities, faith groups, and public figures have since joined the campaign to urge the [...]
Emma has visited local businesses in Fort Augustus, talking about the Scottish Government’s latest Building a New Scotland paper which focuses on migration policy in an independent Scotland and how it could support them deal with the impact of rural depopulation. Since the end of the freedom of movement after Scotland was taken out of the EU against [...]
Highlands & Islands SNP MSP, Emma Roddick, has welcomed the signing of a landmark agreement between local and national government, saying it demonstrates the Scottish Government’s commitment to empowering local authorities and providing high-quality public services in Orkney. The Verity House Agreement, which was signed by First Minister Humza Yousaf and COSLA President Shona Morrison, [...]








