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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Emma Roddick

Scottish National Party

MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day

About Emma Roddick

Contact details

Contact online

Website: emmaroddick.scot

X (previously known as Twitter): @Emma_Roddick

Facebook: Emma's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6328
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Emma is a member of 2 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Enterprise

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Emma does not have any parliamentary or government roles

Party Roles

Emma does not have any party roles

Previous roles

Emma has had 4 previous roles

Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.

30 March 2023 - 08 May 2024

Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees

Scottish Government

10 November 2022 - 31 March 2023

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Deputy Convener

17 June 2021 - 10 November 2022

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Member

08 September 2021 - 31 March 2022

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Substitute Member

Register of interests

Emma's register of interests

MSPs must provide details of their financial interests in the Register of Interests. They make an initial statement on becoming or being returned as an MSP. This is then updated with any changes they provide.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Emma Roddick has said in Parliament

These are the official transcripts of what was said by this MSP in the chamber and at committee meetings. You'll find the topic discussed and how many times this MSP has contributed to the discussion.

Chamber meeting date: 5 September 2024

Derelict Buildings

2. Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support communities to bring derelict buildings back into use as houses. (S6O-03678)"

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 4 September 2024

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "I am keen to know everyone’s views on whether there are specific avenues for either raising revenue or for the marine directorate using less money to do what it already does."

Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2024

Poverty-related Educational Attainment Gap

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "Central to the poverty-related attainment gap is the issue of poverty itself, with thousands of children being pushed into poverty by the austerity agenda, which the Liberal Democrats were central to ushering in…

Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2024

Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals (Closure)

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "I have had recent discussions with Eden Court in Inverness, among others, regarding its concern about supporting local Highlands and Islands artists without the open fund…

Chamber meeting date: 3 September 2024

Gender Identity Healthcare for Young People

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): "I am sure that, like me, the minister receives a lot of correspondence from concerned young people and their parents each time that there is news about trans healthcare—including puberty blockers and hormones in particular—due to the significant misinformation about and misinterpretation of announcements. What the implementation of those…

Votes

How Emma Roddick has voted in Parliament

Find out how Emma Roddick has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-14322

Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty

Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don-Innes, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024

Result 67 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-14322.1

Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty

Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Michael Marra
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024

Result 21 for, 95 against, 4 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-14322.3

Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty

Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024

Result 8 for, 113 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-14322.2

Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 5, 2024

Result 29 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-13759.2

Scottish Government Priorities: Tackling the Climate Emergency

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Result 58 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote

MSP voted against

Vote Defeated

Motions

Questions

Questions Emma Roddick has asked

These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.

Question ref. S6O-03678

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 August 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support communities to bring derelict buildings back into use as houses."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2024

Question ref. S6O-03633

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 19 June 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to make the process of reporting sexual crimes easier on survivors of these crimes."

Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2024

Question ref. S6W-27991

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 4 June 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any modernisation of the energy consenting regime, as it relates to the UK Electricity Act 1989, to make pre-application community engagement mandatory."

Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 June 2024

Question ref. S6O-03593

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of how the Small Producers Pilot Fund has supported micro businesses in Scotland."

Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2024

Question ref. S6O-03570

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 June 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government how it envisages that the recommendations of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review will benefit the people of the Highlands and Islands."

Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2024

Question ref. S6W-27687

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20 May 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the Scottish National Investment Bank's £50 million investment in the Ardersier Port will benefit (a) the local area, (b) industry and (c) its climate ambitions."

Answered by Kate Forbes on 30 May 2024

Question ref. S6O-03519

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 29 May 2024

"To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what engagement it has carried out with businesses regarding Scotland's constitutional future."

Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2024

Question ref. S6W-15641

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 3 March 2023

"To ask the Scottish Government what further progress has been made regarding Moray maternity services since December 2022."

Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 March 2023

Question ref. S6O-01953

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22 February 2023

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the number of baby boxes that have been distributed since the scheme began."

Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023

Question ref. S6W-15257

Asked by: Roddick, Emma, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21 February 2023

"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation document on the development of future grant support for forestry that the Minister for Environment and Land Reform announced in her opening statement in the parliamentary debate on Forestry’s Contribution to Net Zero Scotland, on 9 November 2022."

Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 February 2023

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