Ministers may consult, and National Deputies wag their heads: but there is now no other possibility.

Ministers are consulting, and there may even be a bill in the Queen's speech.

The Association would have changed the day if the Minister had consulted them, but he had banned it without enabling them to change their plans.

When the Minister consults the countryside organisations about motorway service stations, will he also discuss the wider environmental implications of the Government's transport policy?

The Minister consulted papers lying on her desk.

The Minister for External Territories consulted with the territory's Chief Minister as part of the appointment process.

Ministers will consult on the plans later this year and they think it is "realistic" for the Post Office to be in mutual ownership by the end of this parliament.

"The only subject on which the Minister has consulted me is Miss Eunice's marriage."

The Minister of Fijian Affairs consults with the president as part of the selection process.

I am sure that the Minister has consulted his right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport about that.