HC Deb 19 February 1998 vol 306 cc794-5W
Mr. Blunt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the employment consequences in the United Kingdom of the ending of the European duty free trade on 1 January 1999. [29922]

Dawn Primarolo

No estimate has been made of the possible consequences of the abolition of intra EU duty free trade. It is due to be abolished on 30 June 1999.