A meeting about work to encourage English-speaking parents to send their children to Welsh-medium schools was only broadcast in Welsh.
A technical issue meant most of Wrexham council’s lifelong learning scrutiny committee on Wednesday was conducted in Welsh without an English translation available on the live stream.
It meant parents and guardians who were not confident in the language could not watch proceedings.
The council said the English translation was available online after the issue was raised.
The council was discussing its work to increase the number of pupils studying at Welsh-speaking schools – the 2021 Census showed 12.2% of Wrexham residents could speak Welsh.
Ceri Roberts, the council’s Welsh-medium education transformation officer, said Welsh-medium primary school intakes in the county borough were rising and a number of schools had won awards in Welsh education.
Meanwhile, councillor Phil Wynn said the Covid pandemic had “a material impact on the confidence of English-speaking families to commit their children to a bilingual education”.
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