Scottish Green Party
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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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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: 8 January 2026
6. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the roll-out of the £2 bus fare cap pilot agreed as part of the 2025-26 budget negotiations. (S6F-04564)"
Chamber meeting date: 8 January 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the stage 1 debate on the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill…
Chamber meeting date: 6 January 2026
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Inaudible.—broader eligibility, reduced bureaucracy and targeted action to retain and attract legal aid solicitors in remote areas. Will they ensure that—"
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 17 December 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I will pick up on the convener’s question about the three POs. How long do their existing contracts run for? When do they expire?"
Chamber meeting date: 16 December 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I am grateful to Maurice Golden—and the officials who have supported him—for the work that he has put into this member’s bill, and for introducing legislation that responds to a real public concern…
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Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, January 8, 2026
Result 65 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 64 for, 47 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 81 for, 29 against, 6 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 64 for, 47 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result 27 for, 58 against, 32 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP abstained
Disagreed
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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: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how much in Just Transition Fund awards, expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the total fund, has been allocated to each eligible local authority area."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential cumulative impact of data centres on Scotland's (a) electricity grid, (b) water resources, (c) groundwater and (d) communities."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the role of revenue funding in enabling local authorities and community partners to develop and deliver complex, multi-year, just transition projects, and what proportion of the Just Transition Fund has been awarded for revenue purposes."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what changes it plans to make to the (a) structure and (b) administration of the Just Transition Fund to ensure equitable, strategic and place-based distribution of funding in future rounds."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how coordinated, place-based, regional just transition programmes are assessed by the Just Transition Fund, compared with individual project applications."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses to assess whether the distribution of Just Transition Fund investment across local authority areas is fair and proportionate over time."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 9 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 23 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the (a) number and (b) energy capacity of data centres that are currently in the Scottish planning system."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 7 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what its current position is on modernising or replacing the 1491 Common Good legislation, in line with recommendations from the Scottish Land Commission."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 7 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it supports to raise public awareness of Common Good assets, their registers and decision-making processes."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: 7 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026
"To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy strategy, what action it is taking to ensure that the grid connections for planned data centres reserved by National Energy System Operator are matched with the most preferential sites in Scotland, as set out in the report, Short list for Data Centre Site Development, which…
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