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     Alexander D wrote:
    OK, Paul, I've omitted only the names of the people who received my letter and to whom it was passed on to for the reply to be made.

    Hopefully it will become evident that the DHB privatisation bid would have had to be accepted by the Decision Minister in order for DPPT and any other entitled person/company or whatever to make their offer to buy the Port of Dover.
    Only if the DHB bid had been accepted, could this have been possible.

    And that the DPPT offer to buy the Port in November 2010 was not taken into consideration, never was being considered, and that there is no other DPPT offer since that time.

    Well here goes. make any conclusions you wish, and PLEASE remember, I have omitted only the names of the senders at the top and the bottom, and naught (0) else. And 0 has been added.

    "....which she has passed to me to reply to.

    The Government's position on the future of Dover Harbour was set out by the Maritime Minister, Stephen Hammond MP, following his visit to Dover on 30 January 2013 when he said:
    "Dover Harbour Board has a new chair and I'm pleased to see them tackling the issues at hand. Following the Minister of State's decision before Christmas not to approve the Dover Harbour Board's transfer scheme that would have allowed privatisation, it is now for the board to consider all the available options for the long term future of the port' This remains the Government's position.
    You asked about the status of Dover People's Port Trust (DPPT) proposals. As you may know, DPPT submitted an offer to the Government to purchase the port of Dover in November 2010. However, in response the Minister explained to DPPT that the Port of Dover was not an asset that belongs to the Government - it was (and remains) owned and operated by Dover Harbour Board (DHB). The Government was not therefore in a position to consider direct offers for the port. Also of course DHB's own transfer scheme was being considered at that time, which, if it had been approved, would have given DPPT an opportunity to make an offer for the port as part of the sale process. DPPT has not submitted any further offers for the port since November 2010, although they made representations to the Department on DHB's proposed transfer scheme (as summarised in the annex to the decision letter of 20 December 2012) and have also written on related issues.


    Yours sincerely"


    See that wasn't difficult

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