Hutton says Rafiq was "incredibly powerful" and it makes him "incredibly sad" for what he has been through.

He offers his "profound apologies".

Hutton is asked about his views on why former chief executive Mark Arthur and director of cricket Martyn Moxon have not appeared before the DCMS committee today.

"I am deeply disappointed they are not here today," he says.

"Azeem's allegations stem from 2007 to 2018. I volunteered to be chairman a few months after he left. I did not meet him until today.

"I would have thought it would have been right for the club to have representatives today who were there and had a direct relationship with him."

Former Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton is now about to give his evidence to the committee.

With Rafiq's session drawing to a close, he is asked how his wife has coped and is now coping with all the family has had to endure.

"She has struggled and still continues," a visibly emotional Rafiq says.

"Over the last 15 months, we have two young kids - one is just over two, one is about to turn one - and they have not had a dad, really, because all I have been worried about is Yorkshire going out to discredit me and how I am going to deal with it.

"It has been challenging, but I hope today provides some sort of closure and I can treat her for what she deserves".

Rafiq is asked if he believes he lost his career because of racism.

"Yes I do," says. "Horrible feeling. Maybe what was written for me was this. I am a massive believer in everything happening for a reason.

"Hopefully we will see massive change in five years' time and hopefully I did something bigger than getting runs or wickets."

Rafiq is asked again about being forced to drink red wine when he was playing club cricket at the age of 15.

"We were in a car," he says. "I've got a witness. No-one intervened.

"I’m angry at myself for looking the other way."

He is then asked if anyone has ever stood up for him during his time playing the game.

"At the time, no-one stood up for me," he says. "That’s the institution. You had people who were openly racist, then you had bystanders."

One MP reassures him that he was "only 15" at the time.

Rafiq is asked if the government should intervene in cricket.

"It showed the power when the politicians intervened," he says. "It is important the government watch over this as close to it as I am.

"It will make a big change in society. We all love cricket, and all we want is the game I grew up watching, we just want a nice game for everyone."

Rafiq is asked what action he believes Yorkshire should take.

"It's my club," he says. "I'm a capped player. It hurts me. We should never have got here.

"Lord Patel reached out straight away. We had a good five or six hours. I challenged him. He said things I didn't like but I respect his honesty.

"I don't see this as an end, it's a start. I will be watching. If it needs calling out, I will call it out.

"I feel I've been brave enough to call an institution to account. In the short term I want to sit on the outside. I don't want the system to think they can induce me with job offers.

"In five years' time if they don't want to give me a job, I don't care, but if we have a job that is a lot nicer, I'll be very proud."

Rafiq continues his answer on Yorkshire saying no-one at the club would face disciplinary action.

"I understand Roger [Hutton, former chairman] has gone to members' forums and said it did not involve anyone at the club.

"I think, even as close as two weeks ago, they felt they could hide it.

"I don't think Yorkshire accept anything. I don't think Mark Arthur or Andrew Gale or Martyn Moxon think they have done anything wrong.

"We spoke about Michael [Vaughan] earlier. He seems to have taken the same stance as the club - deny, deny, deny."

Rafiq thanks the politicians and cricket media for getting involved, saying they "have not let the cause die down".

• BBC Sport is approaching Yorkshire for further comment in response to today's evidence

Rafiq is praised for being "an incredibly powerful and lucid witness".

Rafiq is then asked for his reaction to the club saying no-one would face disciplinary action.

"I was staggered. At what point are these people going to read the room and realise what they are doing?" he says.

"It made me feel like they were saying, 'we have all this pressure, so we're apologising, but we don't give a damn what you say'.

"While they were made aware of the allegations against Gary [Ballance], they gave him a new contract and made him captain again."

Rafiq is asked what would he recommend to happen to bring more south Asian people into the game.

"A whistleblower hotline but actually listen to them but real accountability too," he says.

"It is important that the way Yorkshire has handled this there is accountability to the leaders so everyone know that if you do this, there will be repercussions.

"We need organic change, putting a person of colour between eight of non-colour, that is not what we want. The problems are in the dressing room, there needs to be something set up to keep an eye on that throughout the country."

Asked if he witnessed misogyny or homophobia, Rafiq says: "It would be wrong of me to say it doesn't [happen], of course it does.

"The ECB need to seriously look at things. The action time is now, we are in 2021, we should not even be having this conversation."

Rafiq is asked if he has faith in the independent commission for equity in cricket.

"I spoke to Cindy [Butts, chair of the commission] a few months ago and said I am going to encourage everyone to come tell you everything, because I want you to hear the experience and then you will be judge on your actions," he says.

"I would encourage the ECB - and I hope you guys will later - that action is needed now.

"We are sick and tired of equity commissions and inquiries. All we are asking for is equality, to be treated fairly, regardless of the colour of our skin."

Rafiq is asked if he would advise parents to let their children play cricket.

"I can’t imagine as a parent why you would want anyone to go near the game," he says. "I don't want my son to go anywhere near cricket.

"If I was a parent I'd say: 'Keep an eye on your kid, because this is reality.' People go from playing to coaching and they do not know how to behave in front of kids."

"I think it's important, now that I have been brave or stupid, whatever you want to call it, to stand up to an institution, I want to try and help those who are wanting to achieve their dreams prepare better," Rafiq adds.

"Hopefully we can get the institutions to change so they can be respected."

Rafiq is asked if young people in other sports have been in touch with him.

"Not young people. I have had people from other industries, in different lines of work," he says.

He says he recieved an email from someone who works for a big utility company who had experienced the same thing.

"I have not heard from other sports, but I don't know how big the story is. I know when I was playing cricket, I didn't know anything else that was going on in the world."

Rafiq is asked what the England team have missed out on.

"A hell of a lot of talent, a better representation of the country," he says.

"There are a lot of Asian cricketers that have been subjected to this, black cricketers too. The lack of representation of black players is worrying.

"The ECB need to make tangible change."

Rafiq continues talking about the future of the game.

"I want to become a voice for the voiceless. I want to help people without it getting to the point where it has for me," Rafiq says.

"I want to help young players but also counties to change their environment and achieve their dream. I wasn't able to achieve my dreams.

"I have tried to stay away in the process from talking about cricket but I think, with the stats and stuff around 2017, I had the ability to go right to the top.

"These instances really weighed down on me".

Rafiq is asked if players from other counties have been in touch to say they are experiencing similar problems.

"I've had messages from Leicestershire, a guy who played at Middlesex, a guy who played at Notts. I've had quite a few," he says.

"Some people are pretty scared to talk about it."

Rafiq adds the one "reocurrence" was the racist slur aimed at players of Pakistani heritage, which he says "was used a lot".

"It's still there, for some players who are at an early stage of their career."

Rafiq is asked about what has gone wrong with the lack of support from the PCA.

"The problem they had is that my personal development manager at the time Matthew Wood, who I thought was in my corner, was actually working with Yorkshire," he says.

"They had an issue there. I had a phone call with one of their lawyers for three minutes who said I didn't have a case. It was hurtful because if they backed me it would have taken their whole budget.

"I didn't realise how bad it was behind the scenes. When we got the proof it was like 'wow'. There was no interest in dealing with my allegations.

"As bad as the report is, one thing is clear is that they were dismissive and wanted to wash their hands off me."

• BBC Sport is approaching the PCA and Matthew Wood for their responses to Rafiq's evidence

Rafiq is asked to compare his treatment at Yorkshire to his everyday life.

"My everyday life for as long as I've known has been cricket," he says. "It's difficult to compare.

"Cricket is worse than society. If we make changes in cricket, we make changes in society. Everyone is responsible for the society we live in.

"Let's sort out where we are, then hopefully it will have an impact on society."

Julie Elliott MP says to Rafiq it seems as though institutions have not acknowledged they have a problem in the way they have been behaving and managing cricket.

"That's it. I just don't think the game wants to listen, and that's the wider game," Rafiq says.

"I have heard of counties running around ringing South Asian plyers trying to offer them a role in the hope that no-one comes forward to talk about their experiences.

"There's a quick rush to move forward. I think before we move forward, the game needs to listen to a lot of people that have suffered.

"Until it starts listening and hearing, as opposed to going 'yeah but...' we can't go forward."

He says Lord Patel's creation of a whistleblowing hotline at Yorkshire is the "first step forward".