Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
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Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
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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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: 5 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I welcome the cabinet secretary’s response to Michael Matheson and I welcome the increased active travel investment, which was a key achievement of the Scottish Greens during our time in government…
Chamber meeting date: 5 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Land is power, and those who have the land have the power. Nowhere is that more acutely felt than in the Highlands and Islands—the region that I represent—which has some of the most concentrated land ownership in Europe…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 5 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "This might be straying from operational matters, but I wonder whether the requirement for a Gaelic speaker is really more about a cultural piece and people’s relationship to the Gàidhealtachd and dùthchas…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 5 November 2025
Ariane Burgess: "Good morning, minister. The bill makes provision for enforcement, deprivation orders, disqualification orders and seizure orders in relation to greyhounds…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 5 November 2025
Ariane Burgess: "I would like some clarification, which I think that you are providing, on the amendments to change the term from “assistance dog” to “helper dog”…
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Result 90 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Result 90 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Result 26 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 12 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:7 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the guidance accompanying the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 stating that it did not "set out any minimum or maximum geographic size or area that can be covered by a firework control zone, or the cumulative area that a local authority may designate as a firework control…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:20 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 6 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider extending the scope of the Matthews Second Options Exercise pension remedy to include retained firefighters, who received retaining fees, but served at stations not formally designated as retained stations."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:20 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 6 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency in determining whether retained firefighters serving at non-designated retained stations are eligible under the Matthews Second Options Exercise pension remedy."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:4 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the Rural Support Plan will explicitly address the topics included under Section 2(3) of the Agriculture and Rural Communities Act."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:4 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it has considered climate adaptation in the development of the Rural Support Plan."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:4 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the Rural Support Plan will provide clarity on support available to farmers and crofters to transition to sustainable and regenerative agriculture."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41119 by Jim Fairlie on 9 October 2025, regarding the delaying of the implementation of the muirburn provisions under the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 until the start of the next muirburn season in autumn 2026, whether it remains committed to (a) the aims…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:15 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 October 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:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 30 October 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41119 by Jim Fairlie on 9 October 2025, regarding the delaying of the implementation of the muirburn provisions under the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 until the start of the next muirburn season in Autumn 2026, for what reason it considers that its…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:13 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 30 October 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."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament