LIVE: ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall questioned by MPs over Phillip Schofield's This Morning exit

ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall is appearing appeared before a parliamentary committee to answer questions Phillip Schofield’s exit from This Morning.

Dame Carolyn will be asked by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and complaint-handling.

ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins will also face questions about the This Morning row.

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Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague on the show. Follow his resignation, This Morning has been plagued with allegations of “toxicity”.

The committee questioning will cover ITV’s initial investigation into rumours regarding Schofield, the ITV-commissioned review into the facts by barrister Jane Mulcahy KC, the working culture on This Morning and other productions, as well as ITV’s its whistleblowing policy and the broadcasters use of non-disclosure agreements.

ITV's approach to its duty of care, including support for those who have left the organisation, will also be discussed with the panel on Wednesday.

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Dame Carolyn confirmed Schofield is “receiving counselling” since his exit and she is “very concerned” about his welfare.

She also confirmed there is “no gagging order or NDA” to stop the younger lover speaking out about the situation.

Dame Carolyn told MPs the “imbalance of power, the imbalance of dynamics” made the relationship “deeply inappropriate”, and ITV would have taken action, but no evidence of the relationship appeared during on-going reviews.

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