You can hear the interview with the former Treasury Secretary on BBC Radio 5 Live at 7pm in the unfortunately titled Pienaar's Politics.
Asked if he missed being a minister, Laws said; "Everybody wants to be in the front line".
Although seeing as his cut-loving Lib-Dem colleagues in the Con-Dem coalition couldn't be less popular if they were caught putting cats in wheelie bins, Mr Laws stepping aside now looks like a pretty smart move.
UPDATE: He couldn't/wouldn't talk about expenses or his coming out. Ho-hum...