Two decades on from the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, there are some areas relating to the governance of Northern Ireland that are still contested or unresolved. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement about issues broadly relating to the Agreement?
30 MLAs from 2 or more parties should be able to use a 'petition of concern' to block legislation that has been passed by a majority in the Assembly

	%
Strongly agree	4
Agree	15
Neither agree nor disagree	23
Disagree	21
Strongly disagree	17
I don't know	20

 

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	3	5
Agree	13	16
Neither agree nor disagree	21	26
Disagree	28	14
Strongly disagree	22	12
I don't know	13	26

 

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Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	3	4	5	4	4	2
Agree	24	16	13	15	10	13
Neither agree nor disagree	30	25	26	19	25	18
Disagree	8	12	19	25	27	33
Strongly disagree	12	16	18	20	18	17
I don't know	23	27	19	17	15	18

 

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Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Strongly agree	6	3	3
Agree	13	19	12
Neither agree nor disagree	20	30	18
Disagree	21	23	21
Strongly disagree	19	8	28
I don't know	21	18	18

 

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