Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says it is "beyond my pay grade to negotiate the conventions that are discussed overseas" in regards to the millions of pounds owed in unpaid congestion charges by embassies in London.
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00:00 Well that's a cumulative effect of 21 years of some embassies thinking that a congestion charge
00:07 which is a charge you pay for a service is a tax. Now listen it's beyond my pay grad to
00:12 renegotiate conventions that are discussed overseas and stuff and the interpretation.
00:17 What I'm hoping is that those embassies that aren't currently paying the congestion charge
00:22 will look at the example of those that are and understand that's the interpretation that TfL
00:26 apply. We're going to carry on speaking to the embassies TfL you know TfL will also speak to
00:31 the government. A former mayor when he was mayor criticized the Labour government when he became
00:35 the prime minister he said it is you know nothing about it so we're going to carry on speaking to
00:39 the government but also speaking to the embassies to persuade them to pay the charge. Do you think
00:43 there's any serious possibility of the issue reaching the International Court of Justice
00:47 that is something TfL have talked about? I've not seen any plans for us to bring a case to the ICJ.
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