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Oddly, and having read and understood every word on every thread, you are the only person that has suggested the DPPT offer was rejected. None of my assertions run contrary to any communication from the DfT. Your quote does not defy my post, which did not dispute the current ownership of the port. The actual ownership of Trust Ports is a legal grey area - As the DHB is an independent statutory body and ownership of the port is vested with it, on the face of it the port is owned by the DHB. However, said ownership is not absolute, because, as we have all seen, the DHB must seek permission from the Nation, as represented by the Government of the day, if it wishes to make any major changes. Equally, the government of the day has powers under the 1964 Harbours Act, the 1991 Ports Act and the Public Bodies Act 2011 to require the DHB to change its ownership and governance as directed by the Secretary of State. So, whilst the assertion by the DfT that the DHB owns and operates the port is true, it is not the whole and absolute truth.
I am pleased that you will no longer post on this subject, perhaps at last, when real and new information on the continuing changes at the port is posted there can be a reasoned and linear discussion based on what has actually been written and said.
For my part, whatever purpose you may have had in mind for this thread, I hope that you continue to watch as the situation develops over the coming months and that you will take part in the next set of consultations (should the DHB choose the cooperative route), or make the appropriate representation to Parliament should the path to communitisation go the Parliamentary scrutiny route (should the DHB insist that there is only one way (its way) again).