Scottish Green Party
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
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: 28 January 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Amendment 186 would give Ramsar sites in Scotland statutory protection. I genuinely thank the cabinet secretary and her team for our super-constructive discussion to find a way forward for stage 3…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 28 January 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Before I ask my main question, I want to understand what climate modelling we are basing the climate plan on. What data is being used, for instance?"
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 28 January 2026
Ariane Burgess: "I will come to Dr Cook in a moment, but I will start with Alastair Hamilton.You said that the closure is not doing anything—in fact, Dr Cook said that it is not enhancing the stock…
Chamber meeting date: 27 January 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "The Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill is absolutely essential for Scotland…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 27 January 2026
The Convener: "The next item on our agenda is an evidence-taking session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government on the Scottish budget…
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Motion ref. S6M-20627
Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent. Date lodged: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Result 54 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6M-20611.1
Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Independent. Date lodged: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Sharon Dowey, Fergus Ewing, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Ross, Graham Simpson, Michelle Thomson, Tess White
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 28 for, 83 against, 1 abstained, 17 did not vote
MSP not voted
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6M-20549
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 26, 2026
Supported by: Jim Fairlie, Mairi Gougeon
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 90 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Motion ref. S6M-20527
Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 29, 2026
Result 69 for, 27 against, 19 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Ariane Burgess has submitted recently.
Motion ref. S6M-19857
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 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated in 2025-26 to NHS boards to support the development of Good Food Nation plans."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that relevant authorities have the capacity to make progress on the development of Good Food Nation plans prior to the commencement of section 10 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what expectations it has of relevant authorities in relation to the development of Good Food Nation plans prior to the commencement of section 10 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated in 2025-26 to support local authorities to develop Good Food Nation plans, and when local authorities will be formally notified of their individual allocations."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 2 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government on what date it currently expects to commence section 10 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 21 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, what assessment it has undertaken regarding any impact on rural communities, where a higher proportion of patients typically travel by car to appointments, prior to introducing changes to the General Ophthalmic Services fee structure, effective from 1 August 2025, linking higher fees for eye examinations, for adults…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what independent audit processes exist to ensure that losses recorded as culls or stock adjustments are not excluded from external reporting at salmon farms."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce mandatory publication of site-level cull numbers, alongside mortality figures, within a fixed reporting timeframe at salmon farms."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 19 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects complete data on the number of fish culled on salmon farms and, if so, (a) where and (b) how such figures are published in relation to mortality data."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 29 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41364 by Ivan McKee on 28 October 2025, what estimate it has made of the total future electricity demand resulting from expected AI and data centre developments in Scotland, in light of its joint commissioning of a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) for Great Britain, and how…
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament