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MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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29 April 2025 - 02 September 2025
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01 February 2023 - 29 April 2025
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
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29 November 2023 - 18 June 2024
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17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023
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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: 9 October 2025
2. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government what scoping work it has undertaken regarding dualling and electrifying the Highland main line. (S6O-05043)"
Chamber meeting date: 2 October 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Every week when Parliament is sitting, I take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh, and every week I experience a journey that feels stuck in the past…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 1 October 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I have a supplementary question on that…
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "For two decades, politicians have told the co-housing sector that they support the model, yet no significant progress has been made. Amendment 112 would require the Scottish Government to produce guidance on co-housing…
Chamber meeting date: 30 September 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "As we close our debate on the bill, let us return to the fundamentals: who the bill should serve and what we must demand if we are serious about delivering justice in housing…
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Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 51 for, 25 against, 33 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP abstained
Agreed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 85 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, October 6, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 61 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 60 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Kate Forbes, Jenny Gilruth, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Result 61 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
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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:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Construction Skills Investment Plan 2015, which identified the need for flexible models of modern apprenticeship delivery, what progress it has made towards achieving this outcome, particularly for tiling and roof slating modern apprenticeships in rural areas."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the recorded landings of (a) haddock, (b) whiting, (c) cod and (d) saithe by weight at west coast fishing harbours in (i) 1987, (ii) 1988, (iii)1989, (iv) 1990 and (v) 1991, and how this compares with returns for wild salmon."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Marine Fund Scotland's award of the collection of fisheries observer data to commercial subsidiaries of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, how these commercial subsidiaries are working on this with the Marine Directorate, and by what date the data and accompanying documents from the project will be…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of what was set out in the Construction Skills Investment Plan 2015, whether it has developed annual regional demand statements for modern apprenticeships and, if so, how these can be accessed."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:2 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what work it has carried out regarding the establishment of (a) modern apprenticeships in construction and (b) a flexible modern apprenticeship model that could be delivered in rural areas."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what scoping work it has undertaken regarding dualling and electrifying the Highland Main Line."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what advice and recommendations it has received, and from whom, regarding the proposed Nature Conservation Order to protect the Parallel Roads of Lochaber Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) at Achnabobane."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:1 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential (a) environmental and (b) economic impact on Scotland of any breakdown of the Gulf Stream and its associated currents, and what action it has carried out to prepare for any such eventuality."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:23 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much money from the Forestry Grant Scheme has been spent on (a) native woodland primarily for conservation benefits and (b) commercial forestry primarily for timber production, in each year since 2021-22."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:17 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 September 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to meet its obligations under s32(1) of the Scottish Languages Act 2025 concerning it carrying out action to support the development of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig as the national centre for Gaelic language, education and culture, and by what date it expects s32 to come into force."
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