Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
The Scottish Parliament
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21 May 2021 - 01 July 2024
Scottish Green Party
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: 2 April 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Dr David Bailey, who was commissioned by NatureScot in 2019 to examine whether wrasse fishing could affect protected features, has said that as a “first measure”, closing protected reefs to wrasse fishing would reduce the risk to protected features, “ensure that at least some wrasse populations survive, and allow the ecological effects of wrasse…
Chamber meeting date: 2 April 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I thank Jamie Halcro Johnston for securing this debate. I am sorry that I could not be in Parliament today for the round-table event and tonight’s wonderful celebrations. It is often said that Scotland is an island nation, but it is not…
Chamber meeting date: 1 April 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "As a member of the cross-party selection panel that was established by the Presiding Officer under our standing orders, I am delighted to speak to the motion in my name to invite members of the Parliament to agree to nominate Paul McFadden to His Majesty the King for appointment as the new Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. The Presiding Officer…
Chamber meeting date: 27 March 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect. I would have voted yes."
Chamber meeting date: 26 March 2025
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "The bill is the latest step in Scotland’s land reform journey. As we heard from the cabinet secretary, Scotland is an outlier when compared to many of our European neighbours. Ownership of land is highly concentrated…
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Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Result 31 for, 60 against, 26 abstained, 11 did not vote
MSP abstained
Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Result 64 for, 1 against, 53 abstained, 10 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 90 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Result 70 for, 0 against, 50 abstained, 9 did not vote
MSP voted for
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: 1 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how many scallop dredgers have been indicated by vessel monitoring system (VMS) or remote electronic monitoring (REM) data to have fished inside nature conservation marine protected areas in Scotland in each year since 2014."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 4 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its fisheries management strategy delivery plan update 2025, how it anticipates that creating separate fisheries management and conservation (FMAC) groups for the fishing industry and other stakeholders will deliver on the principle of co-management."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 3 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the conclusions as they relate to Scotland of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science report, Assessing the sustainability of fisheries catch limits negotiated by the UK for 2025, which found that catch limits for 52% of UK stocks, including West of Scotland whiting…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how much in Barnett consequential funding it has received each year as a result of UK Government expenditure on cladding remediation, and how this compares to how much it has spent on its Cladding Remediation Programme."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 8 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government how the Single Building Assessment (SBA) to facilitate the delivery of the Cladding Remediation Programme defines the term (a) development, (b) building and (c) stairs, and whether this definition is applied consistently across all cladding-related policies and reporting."
Answer expected on 6 May 2025
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 1 April 2025
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it anticipates the future catching policy (FCP) will be implemented."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 April 2025
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."
Answer expected on 2 May 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."
Answer expected on 1 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."
Answer expected on 1 May 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."
Answer expected on 1 May 2025
See all of Ariane Burgess's questions submitted in Parliament