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<p>The Government has made no assessment of the impact of European Union membership
on United Kingdom employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As I noted in my response dated
28 July (WA 273) to Lord Grocott, the Treasury estimate that 3.3 million jobs in the
UK may be related to exports to other European Union countries. This figure is based
on the assumption that the share of UK employment associated with UK exports to the
EU is equal to the share of output that is exported to the EU, making allowance for
the composition of the UK economy.</p>
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