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  Thanks for that Chris.
  
  DHB are, as usual, being somewhat disingenuous in that the Section 31 enquiry result will determine what happens with the cash reserve and the starting point for the future tariff path, whereas the voluntary privatisation proposal under section 9 of the 1991 Ports Act is all about the process of privatising and the institutions that DHB hope to create as a result. The result of the Section 31 was not deemed by DHB to have any bearing on their privatisation plans when it started or even when it was in full swing. DHB told the Secretary of State, when asked and given a deadline to respond, that they would provide a revised voluntary proposal that would incorporate the new criteria and answer the concerns raised by all of their stakeholders. This DHB have not done. Instead they delay presenting their proposal using the excuse of section 31 and then blame the government for their own prevarication. The reason for the delay is that DHB failed to satisfy their stakeholders or the government with either their first offer or the changes that they made to it during the second consultation and then continued in their folly when revamping the community benefit during the consultation on the changing criteria. Since the end of that consultation and the promulgation of the new criteria, we have all been waiting for DHB to release a compliant proposal in cooperation with their stakeholders, whose interests they are supposed to serve. Their previous submission has been shown to be unacceptable and they have been asked for a new/revised/enhanced one. DHB have not produced it; the current delay is down to DHB.
  
  Dr. Bob assured the workforce just a few years ago that they would not be outsourced and then less than twelve months later, outsourced most of them. Dr. Bob assured the remaining workforce that there would be no further redundancies or major changes in internal structure in the run up to privatisation and then, just months later, proceeded to make a further 8% of the workforce redundant and embark on a major restructure. Any assurances given to anyone should perhaps be viewed in light of DHB's track record.

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