Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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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
Substitute Member
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.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 24 June 2025
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
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
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
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
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My app did not connect. I would have voted no."
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
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
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
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
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
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Result 82 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
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: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 22 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported decision to grant a licence for the culling of gannet chicks as part of the Guga Hunt, what assessment it has made of any impact of this practice on any vulnerable seabird populations, particularly in light of avian flu outbreaks."
Answer expected on 19 August 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it proposes following the publication of the April 2024 consultation analysis on mandatory planning training for elected members, and when it will bring forward regulations under section 45 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019."
Answered by Ivan McKee on 22 July 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the timeline is for translating the guidance, Scottish Government Guidance on Welfare at the Time of Killing in Salmon Farming, published on 17 July 2025, into legislation, as recommended by the Animal Welfare Committee and the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission."
Answer expected on 15 August 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent (FTE) staff it estimates there are in each relevant agency and central government who are currently involved in the regulation of salmon farming and smolt production, including fish health, human safety, food standards, planning, environmental, fisheries interactions, licensing and…
Answer expected on 15 August 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 18 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated annual cost to the public purse is of governing the salmon farming industry, including smolt production, in Scotland."
Answer expected on 15 August 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38478 by Mairi Gougeon on 23 June 2025, and the statement that Seafood Scotland is the “national trade and marketing body for the Scottish seafood industry”, how Seafood Scotland contributes to its goals and duties towards prioritising sustainability within…
Answer expected on 14 August 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 10 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish a definitive list of irreplaceable habitats in Scotland, and, if so, whether species-rich meadows will be included within that list."
Answer expected on 7 August 2025
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."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
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."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 July 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 9 July 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the draft islands connectivity plan strategic approach to revisit the Freight Fares Review in the medium to long term, what work has been undertaken on this, and what the anticipated timescale is for the completion and implementation of a revised freight fares structure in (a) Scotland…
Answer expected on 6 August 2025
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament