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Part of Royal Assent – in the House of Commons at 1:38 pm on 20 March 2008.

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Photo of Meg Munn Meg Munn Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 1:38, 20 March 2008

I will happily respond. It is pronounced, so I am told, "koobats", and it is a Pacific island. I met a delegate from there when I was at the Commonwealth meeting of Women's Affairs Ministers. As my hon. Friend Hugh Bayley said, it is a low-lying area and one of the many islands that are at risk.