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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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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: 10 December 2025
2. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "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. (S6O-05268)"
Chamber meeting date: 9 December 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "In mass mortality events at Gob Na Hoe and Portree, which are both in Skye, the Government did not know the real numbers of fish deaths as they happened because Scotland’s mortality figures exclude early deaths and losses from culls and transport; they also exclude cleaner fish. That has allowed Bakkafrost, for example, to report zero early deaths…
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…
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Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, December 11, 2025
Result 79 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Lumsden, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Supported by: Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Tim Eagle, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Douglas Ross, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 34 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, December 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 34 for, 87 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 60 for, 60 against, 2 abstained, 7 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result 23 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
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: 24 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-41434 and S6W-41435 by Mairi McAllan on 18 November 2025 and S6W-41436 on 19 November 2025, whether it plans to introduce the bespoke statutory accommodation standards for all seasonal workers in the current parliamentary session; if so, by what date it needs to complete its…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 8 December 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how many representations have been received (a) in support of and (b) opposed to the proposed golf course on the wildlife site at Coul Links near Embo in Sutherland, which NatureScot has described as "internationally important"."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 1 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 8 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."
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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 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."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament