Minister for Policy and Reform Chris Robertshaw says he was satisified with the turnout at last night's Big Debate in Ramsey.
He says there were 90 acceptances and just over 80 of those turned up on the evening.
Changes were made to the structure of the evening following some criticism about the questions after the first debate in Peel.
The Minister says they learning as they go along and gaining more views on complex issues such as how to make government smaller and targeting resources more carefully to ensure best value for money.
He says they'd tried to tailor the questions or statements more specifically this time
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