Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee, opened the session with those figures, asking Mr Macrow if McDonald’s had “basically now become a predator’s paradise”.

Mr Macrow said he would like to be able to investigate each allegation to understand them and ensure they can take “appropriate action”.

The measures McDonald’s has put in place mean it is able to offer a “secure, safe workplace where people are respected”, he said, adding he hears from his staff that the plan is “working”.

Mr Macrow said people were “speaking up”, adding that 75 allegations of sexual harassment had been made, 47 had been upheld with disciplinary action, and 29 individuals had been dismissed in the last year.

But he also said he cannot guarantee there will be a time when there are no harassment claims at the firm.

“I won’t be happy until there is,” he said. “In fact, if there was nobody speaking up I’d be concerned that something was stopping people speaking up.”