Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
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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
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: 30 April 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Scotland’s seas and the communities that rely on them are at a critical juncture, and the climate crisis has heated our oceans, and will continue to do so, destabilising and damaging the building blocks that entire ecosystems rely on, and ultimately harming the livelihoods of fishers. At the same time, Government is failing to adjust to this new…
Chamber meeting date: 24 April 2025
6. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on when the Scottish Government expects to respond to the Loch Long salmon farm planning application. (S6F-04007)"
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 23 April 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Good morning to the minister and Mr Wilson. It has been good to hear about your broader work on dogs in general and raising awareness. However, I come back specifically to section 1, which would create a new stand-alone offence of dog theft…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 22 April 2025
The Convener: "The next item on our agenda is evidence as part of our work programme on building safety and maintenance. This morning, we are joined by Paul McLennan, the Minister for Housing…
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee meeting date: 22 April 2025
The Convener (Ariane Burgess): "Good morning, and welcome to the 11th meeting in 2025 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. We have had apologies from Emma Roddick MSP. I remind all members and witnesses to ensure that their devices are on silent…
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Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Result 17 for, 87 against, 11 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jim Fairlie, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Supported by: Fiona Hyslop
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Result 64 for, 52 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Supported by: Stephen Kerr
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Result 79 for, 37 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Tim Eagle, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, April 28, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Result 65 for, 45 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie, Angus Robertson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Result 65 for, 45 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Passed
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: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, since the beginning of 2022, how many meetings it has held with representatives of (a) environmental and conservation organisations and (b) the fishing industry to discuss Marine Protected Areas."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it has assessed whether fishing gear purchased through Marine Fund Scotland has improved the sustainability and selectivity of bottom trawl fishing."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 28 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 210 appeals against SEPA's sea lice control measures, reported active as of March 2025, (a) have been (i) upheld and (ii) dismissed and (b) are still under consideration."
Answer expected on 12 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) reasoning and (b) supporting evidential basis is for its decision to split the Fisheries Management and Conservation Group (FMAC) into separate commercial fishing and Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations, also known as eNGOs, groupings, and what its position is on how this decision impacts the…
Answer expected on 7 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recently published Evaluation of Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFG), which highlighted that a majority of marine stakeholders believe that the 15-year-old RIFG model is not delivering on its remit, whether it is considering other co-management models, including English IFCAs, and what the…
Answer expected on 7 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the definition of "natural range" in NatureScot's, Beaver Management Report - January 2023 to April 2024, (a) differs from that in the Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations and (b) does not align with the precedent set by the European Commission's 2018 ruling that naturalised populations should…
Answer expected on 7 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 23 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason naturalised beaver populations that arose through illegal release, accidental release or natural dispersion from authorised populations are not considered "within range" by the existing definition of "natural range" for beavers in Scotland."
Answer expected on 7 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its inshore Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features consultation, how long from the beginning of the consultation it anticipates it will take for any necessary protections to be implemented and enforced."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29794 by Gillian Martin on 20 September 2024, what its position is on whether it has sufficient time to consult on and adopt measures regarding inshore Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features before the end of the current parliamentary session."
Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 26 March 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking in rural areas, particularly in the Highlands, to improve (a) mental health services for vulnerable people and (b) adult social support."
Answered by Maree Todd on 23 April 2025
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament