MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region)
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Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region)
06 May 2021 to present
Deputy Convener
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
11 June 2026 to 25 June 2026
Member
21 May 2021 to 08 April 2026
Scottish Green Party
21 May 2021 to 08 April 2026
Scottish Green Party
21 May 2021 to 08 April 2026
Scottish Green Party
22 June 2021 to 08 April 2026
Convener
02 September 2025 to 08 April 2026
Member
22 June 2021 to 08 April 2026
Member
29 April 2025 to 02 September 2025
Substitute Member
01 February 2023 to 29 April 2025
Member
21 May 2021 to 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
29 November 2023 to 18 June 2024
Substitute Member
17 June 2021 to 01 February 2023
Member
17 June 2021 to 22 June 2021
Member
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 21 May 2026.
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.
Climate Action Committee meeting date: 25 June 2026
Ariane Burgess: "I am content and delighted to be deputy convener of the committee."
Climate Action Committee meeting date: 25 June 2026
Ariane Burgess: "I am content and delighted to be deputy convener of the committee."
Climate Action Committee meeting date: 25 June 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I wrote a book called “Life Design for Women: Conscious Living as a Force for Positive Change”, which has a strong focus on changes that people can make in relation to climate change and nature…
Chamber meeting date: 23 June 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Today, coastal communities and marine experts gathered outside the Parliament to demand urgent action to protect Scotland’s precious marine environment…
Chamber meeting date: 23 June 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I started working on climate change and nature restoration in New York City in the 1990s…
Read all of Ariane Burgess's contributions in the Debating Chamber
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Motion ref. S7M-00469
Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Supported by: Kirsten Oswald
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Result 89 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Agreed
Motion ref. S7M-00469.3
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Supported by: Kate Nevens
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Result 16 for, 104 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-00469.5
Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Supported by: James Adams
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Result 26 for, 78 against, 15 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-00469.1
Submitted by: Amanda Bland, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK . Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Result 26 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S7M-00469.2
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026
Result 65 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Find out what motions Ariane Burgess has submitted recently.
Motion ref. S7M-00742
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: 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential contribution of areas in which only static fishing gear is permitted ("static-gear reserves") to the recovery of inshore fish populations, particularly through reducing (a) seabed disturbance and (b) bycatch."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Consumer Scotland's briefing, An equitable postal service for the islands, what its position is on the need for (a) tailored Quality of Service standards for deliveries to island postcode areas, and (b) mobile and community-run post offices that complement existing services."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Consumer Scotland's briefing, An equitable postal service for the islands, what steps it is taking to ensure that third-party parcel delivery operators provide clear consumer rights information."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Consumer Scotland's briefing, An equitable postal service for the islands, what steps it is taking to improve engagement between postal operators and island communities."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto to continue Scotland's '"land reform journey" in a new Rural Renewal Bill, what its position is on reviewing the historic right to ferry in Scots law as part of the Bill, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's joint committee report on biodiversity collapse, what progress has been made toward reaching a decision on the planning application for the proposed golf development at Coul Links since the report was submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 29 August 2025, and by what date that decision…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 24 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given any consideration to reviewing the historic right to ferry in Scots law and, if so, what reforms it has considered."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 6 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons why Good Environmental Status was not achieved for seafloor integrity by the statutory deadline of 2020, and by what revised date it expects this status to be achieved in Scottish waters."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 6 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will complete and publish a quantitative and spatially specific assessment of the contribution that measures in the 2025 Programme of Measures under the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010 are expected to make towards Scotland's agreed share of UK-wide seafloor integrity targets."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 6 August 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 August 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the timetable for implementing outstanding seafloor integrity measures from the 2015 Programme of Measures and the relevant measures in the 2025 Programme of Measures, as recommended by Environmental Standards Scotland in its report Protecting Scotland's seafloor."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament