"I was not formally consulted once," she told Crikey.

Our latest understanding is that the county council will be formally consulted when the situation at Valley is considered.

In return, Britain acceded to China's demand that it be formally consulted on all major decisions about the airport.

Some college deans were asked to react to the proposal, but the rest of the university community was not formally consulted.

In February 2010, the previous government formally consulted on increasing investment in the private rented sector.

The industry was never formally consulted.

If Article 38 is one of them, then why is the European Parliament not formally consulted?

Whatever change is suggested, Parliament will be formally consulted on it.

The European Parliament will of course, as procedures provide, be formally consulted on this revised agreement before its final ratification.

A framework agreement would have had the advantage for the European Parliament of allowing it to be formally consulted.