Secretary Powell praised General Musharraf for the steps he has taken to arrest the leaders of the two Islamic fundamentalist groups that India has blamed for the attack on Parliament -- comments that Indian officials seemed to find galling, since they still do not think the general has done enough.
In a blog post on Singapore News Alternative, Nicole Seah, a politician who has run for Parliament and comments on social issues, wrote: "Along with many other Singaporeans, I oppose the White Paper".
There have been clashes at the Scottish Parliament over comments by the Spanish Prime Minister that implied an independent Scotland would have to apply for its membership of the European Union from outside the organisation as a new state.
That said, it doesn't mean she can't cause damage while she's running her doomed, doomed campaign for parliament, and comments such as this are just that: damage.
Instead, the president should send the law back to the parliament with comments and instructions directing the parliament to re-examine and amend the law so that it complies with the international and European human rights standards that it flagrantly violates.
Godfrey Bloom, a Ukip member of the European parliament, made the comments to a meeting of supporters in the West Midlands.
Marie-Jo Zimmermann, an MP for Sarkozy's UMP party, and head of the women's rights delegation in parliament, described the comments as "scandalous", warning women could not simply be relegated to junior cabinet posts.
Gunther Krichbaum, a lawmaker with Ms. Merkel's conservative party, who heads the committee for European affairs in Germany's parliament, said such comments were a cause for concern, but underlined Berlin's position that the decision over Britain's future rests in London alone.
The Parliament will seek comments on the report from the Department of Health, after which it will consider changing the law.
Each initiative must be debated by parliament, and then commented on by government.
