Ariane Burgess
Scottish Green Party
MSP for Highlands and Islands (Region) 2021 - present day
About Ariane Burgess
Contact details
Contact online
Email: [email protected]
X (previously known as Twitter): @ArianeBurgessHI
Facebook: Ariane's facebook
Contact at the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6330
Text relay calls welcome.
Contact at local office
Phone: 07385 930565
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Committees
Ariane is a member of 3 committees
Economy and Fair Work Committee
Substitute Member
Cross-party groups
Ariane is a member of 9 cross-party groups
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Crofting
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Fisheries and Coastal Communities
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Gaelic
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Housing
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Islands
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Scots Language
Member
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Social Enterprise
Deputy Convener
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Wellbeing Economy
Member
Parliamentary and Government Roles
Ariane has 1 parliamentary and government role
Conveners Group
Member
Party Roles
Ariane has 4 party roles
Party Spokesperson on Communities
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Housing
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Land Reform
Scottish Green Party
Party Spokesperson on Rural Affairs
Scottish Green Party
Previous roles
Ariane has had 2 previous roles
Previous roles in cross-party groups are not included in this list.
17 June 2021 - 01 February 2023
Rural Affairs Islands and Natural Environment Committee
Member
17 June 2021 - 22 June 2021
Local Government Housing and Planning Committee
Member
Register of interests
Ariane's register of interests
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.
Remuneration and related undertaking
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.
Gifts
No registrable interests.
Overseas visits
No registrable interests.
Controlled transactions
No registrable interests.
Heritable property
No registrable interests.
Interest in shares
No registrable interests.
Voluntary
No registrable interests.
Recent Activity
What was said
What Ariane Burgess has said in Parliament
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: 15 May 2024
Housing Emergency
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Circumstances have changed, with 10 local authorities covering nearly half the population either at or close to crisis point. Close to 10,000 children are stuck in the misery of temporary accommodation, with no safe home to grow up in…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee meeting date: 15 May 2024
Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "My amendment 137 would require ministers to engage with and consult communities that would be affected by forestry activities before making regulations on those activities…
Chamber meeting date: 14 May 2024
Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "I will speak briefly in support of Pam Duncan-Glancy’s amendment 22, which, as we have heard, provides for personal emergency evacuation plans…
Chamber meeting date: 14 May 2024
Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "The Scottish Government’s stated ambition for the bill is to accelerate the progress of the cladding remediation programme. It is good to see that the committee’s work served to unearth a number of issues and helped to bottom them out…
Chamber meeting date: 9 May 2024
Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green): "Earlier this year, I was horrified to find out about a case of illegal and cruel puppy farming in Inverness, in my region. A couple had rented out their cottage for three days…
Votes
How Ariane Burgess has voted in Parliament
Find out how Ariane Burgess has voted recently.
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Roz McCall
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 29 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Scotland’s Housing Emergency
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, May 13, 2024
Supported by: Sarah Boyack, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 95 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Graeme Dey, Natalie Don
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 62 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted against
Vote Defeated
Stand Up for Teaching
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour. Date lodged: Monday, May 13, 2024
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 62 for, 61 against, 1 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Scotland’s Housing Emergency
Submitted by: Paul McLennan, East Lothian, Scottish National Party. Date lodged: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Supported by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Result 69 for, 33 against, 22 abstained, 5 did not vote
MSP voted for
Vote Passed
Motions
Motions made by Ariane Burgess in Parliament
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Questions
Questions Ariane Burgess has asked
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: 15 May 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of ferry travel measures contained in the Fair Fares Review, including free foot passenger travel on inter-island ferries and the extension of the existing National Ferry Concessionary Scheme for island residents under 22 years old."
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 2 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken since the publication of the Future Planners Project Report, which highlights the need for an additional 700 new planners over the next 10 to 15 years."
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what work is being done to reduce any reliance the salmon farm industry has on new technological measures to mitigate against reported rising fish mortalities, in light of the finding in the article published in Nature on 7 March 2024 that the "risks [of mass mortality events] are often introduced [by human cause] and…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to assess any impact of salmon farm mass mortality events on the welfare of (a) salmon farm workers and (b) local communities, in light of the article published in Nature on 7 March 2024, which found that mass die-offs on salmon farms have reportedly been increasing over the last decade in every…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 24 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding what steps it can take to protect horticultural workers on seasonal worker visas from unfair work practices and substandard accommodation."
Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether open net salmon farming is a sustainable method of food production, in light of the article published in Nature on 7 March 2024, which found that mass die-offs on salmon farms have been increasing over the last decade in every country where salmon farming operates, including Scotland,…
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 17 April 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce its decision on whether it will be adopting the recommendations by the UK Government's Animal Welfare Committee on farmed fish welfare."
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 23 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 19 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government to which agricultural grants the new Fair Work conditionality in public sector grants will apply."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 19 March 2024
"To ask the Scottish Government whether the new Fair Work conditionality in certain agricultural grants will extend to temporary workers in Scotland on a seasonal worker visa."
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 April 2024
Asked by: Burgess, Ariane, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 15 April 2024
"To ask the First Minister, in light of the recent report by the Climate Change Committee, how the Scottish Government plans to accelerate action to ensure that Scotland achieves net zero by 2045."
Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2024
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