Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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29 April 2025 - 02 September 2025
Substitute Member
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.
Chamber meeting date: 24 February 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I apologise, Presiding Officer. That was for the previous vote.16:30"
Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2026
3. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting apprenticeships for care-experienced young people, particularly in rural and island areas. (S6O-05541)"
Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I am pleased to speak on behalf of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee…
Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2026
3. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting apprenticeships for care-experienced young people, particularly in rural and island areas. (S6O-05541)"
Chamber meeting date: 19 February 2026
3. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting apprenticeships for care-experienced young people, particularly in rural and island areas. (S6O-05541)"
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 55 Amendment 67A
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Result 25 for, 82 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 55 Amendment 64
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Result 25 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6 SP Bill 55 Amendment 65
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Result 24 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 21 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
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: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that publicly available guidance and policy statements on Ramsar site protections are up to date."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it proposes to update its Ramsar sites and nature reserves webpage by substituting a link to its updated policy, dated 9 July 2025, on the protection of Ramsar sites, and, if so, when."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 11 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it proposes to delete its superseded guidance on its webpage, Implementation of Scottish Government policy on protecting Ramsar sites, dated 22 January 2019, and, if so, when."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 13 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds regarding the presence of contaminants in farmed salmon produced in Scotland, including (a) microplastics, (b) heavy metals, (c) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and (d) antibiotic residues."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 12 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact that the reported proposed reduction to the telecare emergency response team in Argyll and Bute will have on residents."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government whether people can raise objections to the Energy Consents Unit by email, and, if not, what consideration it has given to the accessibility of the Energy Consents Unit online submission portal for people in rural and island communities with slow or unreliable broadband, and what alternative arrangements are available…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that the Scottish salmon industry recorded 1,274 weekly sea lice counts exceeding the industry’s Code of Good Practice guidelines in the last year, and whether it considers that the current regulatory framework for sea lice management is adequate."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 5 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the provisions in the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 to ban glue traps, what measures it will put in place to ensure that online retailers do not circumvent the ban by continuing to ship traps to customers in Scotland."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 5 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on the number of birds and other non-target species that have been trapped or died in glue traps since the introduction of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 5 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 18 February 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards implementing a ban on the sale of glue traps, in light of the UK Parliament's completion of the process for applying the UK Internal Market Act's market access principles for the sale of such traps."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament