Chief Minister Tony Brown has faced down criticism over his appearance before a United Kingdom Treasury Select Committee last week.

This morning in the House of Keys, he faced questions from MHKs about his performance before the committee, when he gave evidence over the failure of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander.

Some MHKs claimed Mr Brown’s appearance had been a public relations disaster and demanded to know what the government planned to do next to minimise the damage.

He faced concerted questions from Onchan MHK Peter Karran, who wanted to know how the government would deal with the public relations fallout.

Mr Brown replied: "The only bad PR came from depositors who have a different interest from that of my interest which is for them and the whole of the Isle of Man."