Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Do you agree or disagree that the spouse a British citizen wants to bring to the UK should only be allowed to come if they speak everyday English?

Fieldwork dates: 5 September 2019 - 7 February 2021
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 3 polls

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Results for: Do you agree or disagree that the spouse a British citizen wants to bring to the UK should only be allowed to come if they speak everyday English?
Fieldwork end date
Pollster		 7 February 2021
Poll by NatCen 		1 March 2020
Poll by NatCen 		6 October 2019
Poll by NatCen
Strongly agree 18% 18% 19%
Agree 29% 28% 30%
Neither agree nor disagree 25% 25% 26%
Disagree 17% 14% 14%
Strongly disagree 11% 13% 12%

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And thinking about the same British citizen who wishes to bring their non-British husband/wife into the UK, to what extent to do you agree or disagree that the husband/wife should only be allowed to come to the UK if they can speak everyday English.

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Migration and freedom of movement