Thanks Casa for pointing the English Majority country and South Africa being exempted from the list.
I found the
Ministarial statement here.
In the final paragraph of the statement , it states the aim is to tighten the rules, and the minister is looking into other ways of making it tighter.
Intepreted in the context of English majority country, it would seem the rules are not to help integration, but to tighten the rules for certain nationals. This is discrimination, which is clear, although it is still much better than the Dutch one, which was not aimed at Western Nations, even though those nations are non-dutch speaking. The UK are very clever in this regards too, although i believe it will not hold well in court.
How are the going to do this. If someone holds a passport of an English majority country, but lives in a country considered as english minority, will they need to take the test, or if the reverse is the case. This will mean the rules are aimed at particular nations or nationality.
Interesting to see the outcome of this, or the practicalities.