Emma Roddick MSP has encouraged organisations in the Highlands to apply for funding the Scottish Government is offering to those who support victims of crime. The fund is made up of money collected through court fines, where someone convicted of a crime is ordered to pay a victim surcharge. It has paid out over £2.4m [...]

MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Emma Roddick, has raised land banking investment scams - situations where small plots of agricultural land are advertised on the internet or over the phone as investment opportunities due to expected increases in value, which are often not based on reality - in the Scottish Parliament. The SNP MSP [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has criticised what she calls Conservative colleagues' "punitive" and "stigmatising" approach to dealing with crime and justice. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament during a debate led by Elena Whitham MSP on alcohol use in the justice system, Ms Roddick, who represents the Highlands and Islands, argued for a more compassionate and evidence-based [...]

During a visit to the site, Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the Scottish Government’s continued commitment to funding HMP Highland, the new prison which will replace HMP Inverness. The new prison, which is currently under construction, will provide modern facilities for prisoners and staff and will be designed to support rehabilitation and [...]

SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick has said the Scottish Government must continue to work with its justice partners to make reporting sexual crimes easier on survivors. The question, asked in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday [26th June], comes as the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, is seeking to overturn an 87-year-old rule [...]

Emma has welcomed the Scottish Government’s pilot scheme to improve access to justice, which will see victims of rape and serious sexual assault able to access transcripts from their court cases for free. From the 1st of March 2024 to the 1st of March 2025, £100,000 of funding will enable complainers who have had their [...]

Emma visited the Inverness Justice Centre last week [Thursday 15th] to hear about the introduction of virtual courts. The Inverness Justice Centre, opened in March 2020, has facilities in place that allow for witnesses to give evidence in court virtually. Not only does this help to preserve the quality of evidence, but it also allows [...]

Emma met with Safe, Strong & Free to hear about the work they do to prevent sexual assault and the exploitation of children across the Highlands. Safe, Strong & Free visits schools, carrying out workshops to teach children about serious issues in a fun way. They speak to children about a variety of topics including [...]

Emma met with the Highland Violence Against Women Partnership (VAWP) on Tuesday [13th of February] to learn about the work they are doing to prevent gender-based violence. Emma met with Myra Ross, Training Officer at Highland VAWP, to discuss new materials that are being created to illustrate to the public what it is like for [...]

On Friday [8th of December], Emma met with RASASH (Rape & Sexual Abuse Service Highland) to speak about the work they do to campaign against sexual violence.    RASASH is an independent charity in the Highlands that provides support to victims of sexual violence. They also have an educational focus, delivering workshops and guidance to schools [...]