SCOTTISH Labour will push for the establishment of a “clean-up Holyrood” commission as part of a range of measures to improve trust in politics.

As well as setting up a new independent ethics commission, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said that his party would seek to reform the Holyrood committee process, giving them the power to compel witnesses to appear and ensuring conveners are elected by all MSPs.

The move follows criticism of the inquiry into the handling of harassment complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond, which spanned the latter years of the last parliamentary term.