Rafiq is asked if it would it be fair to say what he has seen at Yorkshire is replicated at other counties.

"Without a shadow of a doubt. This is replicated up and down the country," he says.

"I would like to see it as progress that people feel they can come forward and not be smeared against and discredited."

Rafiq claims that British Asian representation in professional cricket since 2010 has had a drop of nearly 40%.

He says the problem is not at recreational level, because "our community loves the game".

"When we get from 16 to 18 and have to go to the academy from the recreational game, everything I have spoken about is a challenge.

"It seems to be that whenever there is an initiative, it goes right to the grassroots, because that box is already ticked, and they can tell everyone how great it is."

Rafiq is asked about harrassment of a player over the call to prayer.

"I have seen another player fasting for example and if he made a mistake, from the strength and conditioning coach to the physio and fellow player, he would be blamed for any mistakes."

Jack Brooks started calling Cheteshwar Pujara "Steve". The India player said he would prefer not to be called that.

"Everyone called him that, high-profile players around the world, and it shows the institutional failings," says Rafiq.

"Kevin was something Gary [Ballance] used for people of colour in a derogatory manner. All the time.

"Gary and Alex Hales got very close to each other playing for England but I understand Alex went on to name his dog Kevin because it was black.

"It is disgusting how much of a joke it became."

Rafiq describes carrying his stillborn child from the hospital to the graveyard.

BBC Sport is approaching Jack Brooks & Alex Hales for comment.

Rafiq is asked about sections of the report that describe him as a heavy drinker.

"I have been clear from the offset that I wasn't perfect. There were things I did that I felt I had to do to fit in, and I am not proud of them," he says.

"But that has no relation to racism. I should never, ever have been treated the way I was. When I spoke, I should have been listened to.

"But Yorkshire CCC, and the game as a whole, has a problem listening to the victim. There is no 'yeah, but...' to racism. There is no two sides to racism.

"My first incident of drinking, I was 15, I got pinned down at my local cricket club and had red wine poured down my throat. The player played for Yorkshire and Hampshire.

"I felt like I had to drink to fit in. I regret that massively, but it has no bearing on the things I was called.

"Around the loss of my son, the attitude of Andrew Gale, I was making it out to be more than what it was."

Rafiq becomes emotional as he describes how Martyn Moxon, the club's current director of cricket, "tore a strip off him" shortly after the stillbirth of his son.

Rafiq adds he had never seen him speak to anyone like that before.

Rafiq says that Ballance found it a real struggle when he was appointed captain.

He describes the dressing room as "pretty toxic".

"Steve Patterson got left out pretty early on and he had the whole dressing room fighting.

"I tried to help Gary and the team but it became evident that, even though Steve caused a lot of issues, I was going to be picked on.

"Six or seven players made a complaint about Tim Bresnan, but I was the only person to feel the repercussons."

Julian Knight MP says the report into the allegations of racism at Yorkshire was "a venn diagram of stupidity".

Rafiq is asked about Gary Ballance and the description of racial slurs as banter. He is asked if, during his second spell, they were friends.

"He used a racial slur in 2017 and the pre-season tour. I want to address Gary's statement. There was a narrative there that we were the best of team-mates," he says.

"When he came to the club from Derby I saw in him what I saw in myself, as an outsider.

"A lot of players called Gary things that were completely out of order, but it was such a norm that no-one said anything."

Rafiq says their friendship started to deteriorate around 2013 due to Ballance's conduct.

"At one point his behaviour around his personal relationships was so disgusting that I raised it with an agent that we shared.

"After that we were amicable but we never shared the same relationship."

• More on Ballance's previous response here

"The last couple of weeks some individuals have had a tough time but I didn't intend it to be like that. That is what the club, lawyers and panel have tried to do.

"Racism is not banter, for three people of colour on the panel, and for one to come out with an article and stands by it shows the scale of the problem."

"I felt isolated, humiliated at times. On tour, Gary Ballance walked over and said: 'Why you talking to him?' Going past a corner shop, I was asked if my uncle owned it.

"Martyn Moxon [now Yorkshire director of cricket] and Andrew Gale [now Yorkshire head coach] were there. It never got stamped out.

"In 2017 we went through a difficult pregnancy and the treatment I received was inhumane. I got a call to say there was no heartbeat."

"Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about my story," begins Rafiq.

He says he had a dream to represent England after moving from Pakistan, joining a Yorkshire dressing room of 2005 Ashes "heroes" such as Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard.

He then mentions the start of insults towards himself and others including "You lot sit over there" and racist language to describe people of Pakistani heritage.

"I just wanted to live my dream and my family's dream," he says.

Rafiq's voice starts to crack and he says: "Something was wrong. I don't know what and I started to take medication."

Azeem Rafiq has taken his seat in the chamber.

Here we go.

Rafiq’s former team-mate Gary Ballance released a statement saying he was responsible for some of the racist language used, something for which he was “deeply regrets”.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan also said he was named in the report for making a racist comment towards a group of Asian players.

Vaughan was alleged to have said “Too many of you lot, we need to do something about it.”

Former Yorkshire bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and current England leg-spinner Adil Rashid have since supported Rafiq’s claim.

Vaughan has “completely and categorically” denied the accusation and repeated his denial in a further statement on Monday.

Vaughan said: "I categorically deny saying the words attributed to me by Azeem Rafiq and want to re-state this publicly because the 'you lot' comment simply never happened."

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Yorkshire said in October that no-one at the club would face disciplinary action.

Since then, the club has been widely criticised by MPs, players and pundits, with a vast majority of sponsors have ended partnerships or said they would not renew their deals.

They have also been suspended by the ECB from hosting international matches “until it has clearly demonstrated that it can meet the standards expected".

Further individuals have come forward with allegations of racial abuse in their time at Yorkshire, with former academy player Tabassum Bhatti telling BBC Sport he experienced alleged racism from team-mates as a 14-year-old.

Head coach Andrew Gale has been suspended after it was reported he used an anti-Semitic slur in a now-deleted Tweet from 2010.

Chairman Hutton and chief executive Mark Arthur have both resigned, while director of cricket Martyn Moxon is off work with a “stress related illness”.

Yorkshire have gone on to open an independent hotline for victims of discrimination.

Following pressure from MPs, Yorkshire released their own summary of the findings of the report.

The summary said Rafiq was the "victim of racial harassment and bullying".

Seven of his 43 allegations were upheld, although the club said they could not release the full report for legal reasons.

They said there had been insufficient evidence to conclude the club was institutionally racist.

A story later published by ESPN said the report had concluded that a racially offensive term used towards Rafiq was regarded as "banter".

The club later missed a deadline to send Rafiq and his legal team a full copy of the report, before ultimately sending him a heavily redacted version. The full report has now been seen by today's DCMS committee.

In September 2020, Rafiq first spoke to Wisden and then ESPN Cricinfo, telling the latter that “institutional racism” he experienced at the club left him close to taking his own life.

He also told BBC Sport that he had dreaded “every second” of his career and that a team-mate used a racially offensive term linked to his Pakistani heritage.

Yorkshire launched a formal investigation the same month, with Rafiq giving his first statement to the inquiry two months later.

In August 2021, three days after Yorkshire received the findings of the independent report carried out by law firm Squire Patton Boggs, they admitted Rafiq was "the victim of inappropriate behaviour" - something Rafiq said was downplaying racism - and offered him their "profound apologies".

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Rafiq is a former professional cricketer who played the majority of his career at Yorkshire, between 2008 and 2018.

Born in Pakistan, he moved to England aged 10 and captained England teams at youth level.

He also captained Yorkshire in 2012, becoming the first person of Asian origin to do so, as well as being the club’s youngest skipper.

He was released by Yorkshire at the end of the 2018 season over what the club described as budget constraints.

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The DCMS select committee was called to” address concerns about the lack of action against individuals following the findings of the investigation by Yorkshire”

It will also address the ECB’s handling of Rafiq’s claims and the wider implications for cricket.

There will be a cross-party panel of 11 MPs, chaired by Julian Knight, the MP for Solihull.

People giving evidence to a committee hearing, and the MPs that appear at it, are given parliamentary privilege, so can speak without the fear of civil or criminal action.

This means that Rafiq can potentially give more detail about his aexperiences and allegations, including naming individuals.

Ex-Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq will give evidence this morning to a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee hearing.

MPs will hear from Rafiq after a report found he was a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" - but the club said they would not discipline anyone.

The DCMS committee will hear evidence from:

• 09:30: Former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq
• 10:15: Ex-Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton
• 11:30 Tom Harrison, chief executive of the ECB, alongside ECB board member Alan Dickinson, director of communications Kate Miller and director of legal and integrity Meena Botros