Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years

Countries paying peers include (flags from left, clockwise) Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Kazakhstan and Qatar. Composite: Guardian Design/Antonin Vincent/LiveMedia/REX/Shutterstock/REX/Shutterstock/Reuters/Getty Images

Members of the House of Lords have been paid more than £3m in the last two years by foreign governments including repressive Middle Eastern regimes.

Many of the states paying peers have human rights records that have been widely criticised, such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.