Members of the Scottish Parliament should not be able to hold second jobs, Scottish Labour have said.

The party said MSPs should respect the "immense privilege" of their job by not holding others, including paid directorships or consultancies.

Labour's democracy spokesperson Claire Baker said: "People require confidence that the politicians they elect to serve are giving them the full attention they deserve.

"Being a member of the Scottish Parliament is an immense privilege and it should be the only job that MSPs do.

"That is why we will push for a ban on MSPs holding second jobs, including paid directorships and consultancies."

Baker made the comments as part of a statement about how Scottish Labour would like to make Holyrood more "effective" at holding the government to account.

The SNP will lead the next Scottish Government after a third successive Holyrood election victory, but will govern as a minority administration after the party fell two seats short of an overall majority.

Labour called for parliamentary reforms in its manifesto, including freezing ministerial pay and ensuring the position of presiding officer and the majority of Holyrood committee convenerships are not held by the governing party.

Baker said: "Scottish Labour will be a positive and effective opposition and one of the first jobs of opposition is to hold the Government to account and to hold them responsible for the decisions they are making. To do that, we need a Scottish Parliament where the many voices of opposition - from all parties - are heard.

"Our manifesto contained many proposals for reforming the Scottish Parliament that received backing from all opposition parties. We will work with other parties to make them a reality.

"As a start, the Presiding Officer and the majority of committee convenerships should not come from the governing party. We saw in the last term that SNP dominated committees did not provide anywhere near the level of scrutiny that the Government's work required. We will work to change that."

On Saturday, the Scottish Conservatives outlined similar proposals, agreeing with Labour that the majority of committee convenerships should come from opposition parties and adding that opposition party spokespeople should have more opportunities to interrogate government ministers.

Ruth Davidson called this a plan for a "parliament with teeth".

The SNP said Holyrood committees were rightly determined by the strength of the parties and that the opposition should respect the "clear mandate" the party had won to follow through on its manifesto commitments.

A party spokesperson said: "Parliament will decide all of these issues in a consensual, democratic way, as it always has done.

"The shape of Holyrood's committees is determined by the strength of parties in the parliament - again in line with democratic principles. And it isn't for any single MSP or party - certainly not those who lost the election by a country mile - to try and dictate terms.

"The SNP Government will seek to work with all parties to find consensus wherever possible, if it is in the interests of the people of Scotland.

"At the same time, Ruth Davidson and Labour need to respect the verdict of voters across Scotland, who have handed the SNP an overwhelming victory at this election and with it a clear mandate from the public to deliver on our manifesto commitments."