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
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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: 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: 9 October 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Will the minister clarify how children and young people from marginalised or rural backgrounds are being included in the youth reference groups and strategic boards that are shaping mental health policy?"
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 8 October 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I want to come back to the conversation on environmental use, and a point that popped up in Eilidh Ross and Katie Mackay’s responses…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 7 October 2025
The Convener: "The next item on our agenda is an evidence-taking session from Màiri McAllan, the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, on the progress of the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme and on her portfolio’s priorities…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 7 October 2025
The Convener (Ariane Burgess): "Good morning, and welcome to the 26th meeting of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in 2025. We have received apologies from Willie Coffey, and Fulton MacGregor will join us online…
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 81 for, 10 against, 23 abstained, 15 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Supported by: Graeme Dey
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 87 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 18 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Result 52 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
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
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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: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 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:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken in relation to the reported 75,000 farmed salmon escaping at the Mowi-owned Gorsten salmon farm, at Loch Linnhe, during recent Storm Amy."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the carbon footprint of data centres operating in Scotland, how the outcomes of any such assessments align with its net zero targets, and what measures are in place to ensure that new data centres meet environmental sustainability standards, including in relation to energy efficiency and…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether all data centres are considered national developments under the fourth National Planning Framework, or only those that support the Digital Fibre Network ambition."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy strategy, what impact it anticipates that the growth of AI and data centres will have on the (a) energy grid and (b) electricity demand in Scotland; whether it plans to introduce specific planning guidance for energy-intensive developments, such as AI data centres, and what…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used to determine whether a data centre qualifies as a “green data centre” under the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), and whether AI-focused data centres are included in the scope of national developments under NPF4"
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:14 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41119 by Jim Fairlie on 9 October 2025, which stakeholders were invited and who attended the Wildfire Summit on 14 October 2025."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, following its decision to further delay the implementation of the revised muirburn licensing scheme, what assessment it has made of any potential impact of public exposure to fire-related fine particulate matter (PM2…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish official guidance under section 38 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 in relation to the progression of farmed fish welfare standards."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to instruct NatureScot to produce reports on any impact of the wildfires reportedly caused by out of control muirburn that occurred in 2025, including those on the Tinto Hills SSSI, North Bute Oakwoods SSSI, Muir of Dinnet NNR and Culblean Hill in the Cairngorms National Park on 9 October."
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