Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the progress of the new Nairn Academy building, highlighting it as part of the Scottish Government's wider commitment to investing in education across the Highlands. Ms Roddick's visit to the construction site follows her previous work to ensure the project could go ahead, including pressing the Scottish [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has welcomed the overwhelming support for a motion she lodged in Parliament, which calls for a review of wildfire prevention and response strategies in Scotland. The motion, which highlights the unique vulnerability of the Highlands and Islands to these devastating events, gained the cross-party backing required for a debate in less than [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has called for a strengthening of the Land Reform Bill, which passed the first stage in Parliament last week, calling for a lowering of the threshold of the size of land that is subject to provisions in the legislation, and greater transparency on landowners. The SNP MSP said: “The reaction to the [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has pressed the Scottish Government today on the reported sale of the majority of Sleat peninsula, including Armadale Castle, in Skye. The isles representative has written to the Cabinet Secretary for Land Reform, Mairi Gougeon, outlining the situation and asking her to convene a meeting of relevant stakeholders to discuss next [...]

Additional NHS investment from the SNP Scottish Government is reducing waiting lists in Shetland, new figures can reveal.   The figures show a 35.5% drop in ophthalmology waiting times in NHS Shetland between April and September 2024.   This improvement in waiting times was made possible by increased SNP investment in the health service – an additional £30 million [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has slammed the Labour government for upholding the Conservatives’ Internal Market Act, a piece of legislation which both the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd refused consent for when it was brought forward. The Act allows UK Ministers to override decisions made in devolved areas. Speaking in a debate on protecting the [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has today hailed the landmark announcement by Creative Scotland, which will see a record number of cultural organisations across Scotland receive stable, multi-year funding—thanks to a significant budget commitment from the Scottish Government. With over £200 million being provided to 251 organisations over the next three years, this represents the largest [...]

SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick is urging folk living in island communities to take advantage of government support in the face of rising energy costs.  As of December 2023, the fuel poverty rate in Orkney and Shetland was 31%, significantly higher than the Scottish average of 24%. This is despite the [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has suggested Scotland could follow Spain in taking radical measures to tackle the housing crisis. Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced plans this week to prioritise available homes for residents by imposing a tax of up to 100% on properties bought by non-residents in countries outside the EU. In a meeting [...]