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: 18 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "As a representative of hundreds of coastal communities across the Highlands and Islands, I whole-heartedly share the Scottish Government’s condemnation of the allocation that Scotland has received through the UK fishing and coastal growth fund…
Chamber meeting date: 13 November 2025
6. Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government is still on track to restore 250,000 hectares of peatland by 2030. (S6F-04446)"
Chamber meeting date: 12 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "We are at a watershed moment for the climate, not only in Scotland but globally…
Chamber meeting date: 12 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "When it comes to buses, the Scottish Greens deliver. By granting under-22s free bus travel, we have seen hundreds of thousands more young people using Scotland’s networks…
Chamber meeting date: 11 November 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Motivated by the climate-driven increase in wildfires earlier this year, I obtained data through a freedom of information request that showed that out-of-control intentional burning, such as muirburn, was the fourth most common cause of wildfires in Scotland over the past five years. However, the vast majority of wildfires recorded by the Scottish…
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Submitted by: Mairi Gougeon, Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Jim Fairlie
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Result 94 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Agreed
Submitted by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Result 7 for, 108 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Beatrice Wishart, Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Result 38 for, 77 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote
MSP voted for
Disagreed
Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Result 20 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote
MSP voted against
Disagreed
Submitted by: Tim Eagle, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Result 31 for, 82 against, 0 abstained, 16 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:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what policy it plans to implement to classify battery storage as energy generation."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the level of grant support available for solar thermal installations, with a view to bringing it in line with that for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of solar thermal installations on a building's Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government for what reason solar thermal installations do not currently receive the same level of grant support as solar photovoltaic (PV) systems."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the revised Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) methodology will recognise the contribution of solar thermal installations to energy efficiency."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:18 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to any future policy changes that would ensure that solar thermal installations are treated comparably to other clean heating solutions, both for the purposes of grant support schemes and EPC assessments."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to funding schemes for battery backup units or alternative technologies for households in areas prone to long power cuts, in light of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network in January 2027."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the planned switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network on rural and island communities, particularly those with poor mobile coverage and frequent power cuts."
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to improve broadband reliability in rural Scotland ahead of the switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network, in light of the fact that digital landlines depend on internet connectivity…
Asked by: Ariane Burgess, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged:17 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that telecare and other safety-critical systems connected to landlines are upgraded or adapted before the Public Switched Telephone Network ceases in January 2027."
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament