Jacob Rees Mogg criticised over Welsh language comment

A north Wales MP has criticised Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees Mogg after he defended her using the Welsh language.

Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville-Roberts was reprimanded in the House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle on Wednesday for wishing people a "Happy St Patrick's Day" in Welsh and Irish before asking a question.

Mr Mogg said "modest quotation in foreign languages is permissible" but not full speeches and referred to the use of "Latin quips" in the chamber.

Ms Saville-Roberts later tweeted: "Jacob Rees Mogg may not be aware, but Welsh is not a "foreign language". It had been spoken in Britain for hundreds of years before English even existed."