The consultation period was a long one, to give all members the chance to think through the issues involved.

At the end of this consultation period, no change was made.

The company held a 4-week consultation period in spring 2012.

The consultation period ran for 12 weeks to March 10, 2011.

The consultation period was short and ended on 31 May 2010.

We are only asking for a few more staff to help during the whole consultation period.

Once the consultation period is over, I shall consider all the evidence.

Final recommendations will be made to the government after a period of public consultation.

For the moment, we are only setting the consultation period and putting that in place.

It then changed the rules again and announced a further consultation period.