Diplomatic Missions: Parking Fines

Lord Winston Excerpts

Wednesday 21st October 2015 Lords Chamber

[The Earl of Courtown]

My Lords, as I said in my earlier Answer, we are in continual negotiation with the various missions, reminding them of their duty when they come to this country to obey the law and pay their parking fines and the congestion charge. Officials from the Department for Transport and Transport for London continue to press non-paying diplomatic missions to pay the congestion charge, and work to identify a solution to the legal impasse with non-paying missions.

[Lord Winston (Lab)]

Does the fact that the Minister admits ignorance mean that the Front Bench is inviolable?