A councillor who responded to emails in Welsh with replies written in German acted "inappropriately" and has been suspended. Councillor Louise Hughes, who sits as an independent on Gwynedd Council, was referred to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales who put the matter to Cyngor Gwynedd/Gwynedd Council's standards committee.
Cllr Hughes has since been suspended for a month after it was found she had failed to comply with the council's code of conduct. The offending emails had been sent to Howard Huws, a member of a Welsh language campaign group.
A spokesman for the council confirmed: "Following a complaint that Councillor Louise Hughes had breached the code of conduct for Gwynedd Council members the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales conducted an investigation and concluded that the matter should be referred to the Cyngor Gwynedd monitoring officer for consideration by the Standards Committee.
