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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)

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Ariane Burgess

Scottish Green Party

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

About Ariane Burgess

Contact details

Contact online

Facebook: Ariane's facebook

Contact at the Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 6330
Text relay calls welcome.

Contact at local office

Phone: 07385 930565
Text relay calls welcome.

Committees

Cross-party groups

Ariane is a member of 8 cross-party groups

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Crofting

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fisheries and Coastal Communities

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gaelic

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Housing

Deputy Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Islands

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy

Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Enterprise

Co-Convener

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy

Member

Parliamentary and Government Roles

Ariane has 1 parliamentary and government role

Conveners Group

Member

Party Roles

Ariane has 3 party roles

Party Spokesperson on Communities

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Housing

Scottish Green Party

Party Spokesperson on Rural Affairs

Scottish Green Party

Previous roles

Ariane has had 5 previous roles

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

01 February 2023 - 29 April 2025

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Member

21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024

Party Spokesperson on Land Reform

Scottish Green Party

29 November 2023 - 18 June 2024

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Substitute Member

17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023

Rural Affairs Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Member

17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021

Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Member

Register of interests

Ariane'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.

Here is the register for Ariane Burgess. The date of their initial statement was 02 June 2021.

Remuneration and related undertaking

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.

Gifts

No registrable interests.

Overseas visits

No registrable interests.

Controlled transactions

No registrable interests.

Heritable property

No registrable interests.

Interest in shares

No registrable interests.

Voluntary

No registrable interests.

Recent Activity

What was said

What Ariane Burgess 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.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025

Interests

The Convener (Ariane Burgess): "Good morning, and welcome to the 20th 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…

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025

National Planning Framework 4: Annual Review

The Convener: "The next item of business is to take evidence as part of our annual review of the operation of the fourth national planning framework. We will take evidence from the Minister for Public Finance, Ivan McKee…

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025

Decision on Taking Business in Private

The Convener: "Under agenda item 2, do members agree to take agenda items 4 and 5 in private? Members indicated agreement."

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee meeting date: 18 June 2025

Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Thank you, convener—it is good to be here. I apologise to colleagues that I was not able to be at the previous meeting because I was convening the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee…

Chamber meeting date: 17 June 2025

Scottish Languages Bill: Stage 3

Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app did not connect. I would have voted no."

Votes

How Ariane Burgess has voted in Parliament

Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.

Motion ref. S6M-18081

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Natalie Don-Innes, Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025

Result 87 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 14 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-18075

Employment Rights Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025

Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025

Result 88 for, 1 against, 27 abstained, 13 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-18080

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025

Result 80 for, 0 against, 34 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP abstained

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6M-18076

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - UK Legislation

Submitted by: Kaukab Stewart, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, June 23, 2025

Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 26, 2025

Result 86 for, 0 against, 28 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 49 Amendment 232

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Result 88 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote

MSP voted for

Vote Passed

Motions

Questions

Questions Ariane Burgess has asked

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

Question ref. S6W-39124

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 July 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to engage with community-led initiatives, such as the Kyles Coastal Community Group’s campaign for clean seas, to ensure that local knowledge and priorities are reflected in marine protection and wastewater management policies."

Answer expected on 30 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-39125

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 July 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the monitoring and public reporting of sewage discharges into coastal waters, particularly in rural communities such as those around the Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon, in light of reported concerns regarding the frequency and impact of untreated sewage entering the marine environment."

Answer expected on 30 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-39126

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 July 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider supporting a pilot scheme for decentralised, community-scale sewage treatment systems in rural areas, such as the Kyles of Bute, in light of reports that such systems may offer more environmentally sustainable and cost-effective solutions than traditional mains infrastructure."

Answer expected on 30 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-38917

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) regarding the reported proposed sale of Armadale Castle and estate by the Clan Donald Lands Trust, in light of reports regarding complaints submitted by beneficiaries and public interest in the potential impact on community access."

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-38965

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 25 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the Wild Wrasse Fishery report that covers 2023."

Answer expected on 23 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-38945

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 25 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will mandate the reporting and publication of cleaner fish mortalities on salmon farms, in light of reports that Fish Health Inspectorate inspections indicate that these are already recorded by farms."

Answer expected on 23 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-38955

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government how many wrasse have been taken from Loch Sunart since the wrasse fishery was regulated."

Answer expected on 22 July 2025

Question ref. S6W-38662

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37289 by Alasdair Allan on 13 May 2025, in which it stated that “the revised policy statement for the protection of natural features on Ramsar sites will be published on the Scottish Government web-site shortly”, whether it will set out specifically by when the…

Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-38664

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 12 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards creating a cadastral system to map out the (a) tax paid on and (b) subsidies received for land holdings."

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 June 2025

Question ref. S6W-38478

Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 6 June 2025

"To ask the Scottish Government, in order to safeguard Scotland's hand-dived scallops' global reputation for both quality and sustainability, how it plans to work with organisations such as Seafood Scotland, Michelin and the AA to demonstrate support for low-impact seafood, including by encouraging transparent, evidence-driven certifications, and…

Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 June 2025

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