Former Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has stood by his previous calls for the House of Lords to be abolished, despite being granted a peerage so he can become a minister in Andy Burnham's government.

In 2022 Sarwar called for the Lords to be scrapped and replaced with a democratically elected chamber, external.

But, despite stepping down last month to become Minister of State for Trade, he said:

"I have always said that there should be a senate of the nations and regions. I still have that view."