Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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29 April 2025 - 02 September 2025
Substitute Member
01 February 2023 - 29 April 2025
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
29 November 2023 - 18 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023
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17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
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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.
Here is the register for Ariane Burgess. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2021.
I published a book with Inner Traditions International Ltd, (of 1 Park Row, Rochester, Vermont, 05767, USA), a publishing house. I expect to receive remuneration of up to £500 per annum. This remuneration represents royalties for a book written prior to my election.
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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: 26 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "The salmon farming industry makes many claims about itself that have proved to be misleading. It claims to be transparent with mortality data, but it does not include cleaner fish, salmon in transport or certain smolts…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 26 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I am certainly aware of great examples of farmers and crofters who are already leading the way on ecological restoration work, such as the Moray Farm Cluster, up by me…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 26 November 2025
Ariane Burgess: "If we keep part 2 of the bill, I will move my amendments, but my concerns about part 2 align with those of Mark Ruskell and Sarah Boyack. My amendments 58 and 60 pick up an issue that was raised in evidence by the Royal Society of Edinburgh…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 25 November 2025
The Convener: "The next agenda item is to take evidence on the 2024-25 annual reports of the Ethical Standards Commissioner and the Standards Commission for Scotland. We are going to hear from two panels…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 25 November 2025
The Convener (Ariane Burgess): "Good morning, and welcome to the 30th meeting in 2025 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I remind all members and witnesses to ensure that their devices are on silent…
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 50 for, 73 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP not voted
Disagreed
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, December 1, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 95 for, 27 against, 1 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jenni Minto, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 68 for, 55 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 67 for, 55 against, 1 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, December 1, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Result 67 for, 51 against, 5 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP not voted
Agreed
Find out what motions Ariane Burgess has submitted recently.
These are the questions that this MSP has asked in Parliament. It also includes any answer to those questions.
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what instructions have been given to Transport Scotland regarding accelerating the procurement of new vessels for the Gourock-Dunoon route."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to a clear deadline for introducing new vessels on the Gourock-Dunoon route before the 2026 Scottish Parliament election."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 3 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the planning process monitors the delivery of any job creation figures included within planning applications, including applications for salmon farms, once they are built and operational."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to funding schemes for battery backup units or alternative technologies for households in areas prone to long power cuts, in light of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network in January 2027."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the University of Stirling's recently published research on the positive benefits of beaver-created wetlands on pollinator numbers, what financial incentives it provides for landowners to accommodate beaver wetlands."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network on rural and island communities, particularly those with poor mobile coverage and frequent power cuts."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 17 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that telecare and other safety-critical systems connected to landlines are upgraded or adapted before the Public Switched Telephone Network ceases in January 2027."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's recent publication of the North Sea Future Plan, which includes the announcement of the introduction of Transitional Energy Certificates, what assessment it has made of any impacts that these certificates will have on the Marine Protected Areas recently protected by the Scottish…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many completed peatland restoration projects funded by the Peatland Action Fund have subsequently been damaged by deer populations, and what steps have been taken by NatureScot to prevent such damage from re-occurring."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 1 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any recent meetings held by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Inter-ministerial Group on horticultural peat, what was discussed at these meetings, and what proposals are being considered regarding a pan-UK approach to ending peat sales."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament