The government received many submissions as part of the consultations, more than 4,000. Most of them were online submissions, many being form letters from organizations that had encouraged all their members to participate.
A lot of people said it was important to change the order of creditor priority, but others said they didn't think the change would make a difference if the company became insolvent. There wasn't a consensus on the issue. The purpose of the consultations, however, wasn't to determine how many people were for or against the change. Rather, it was to examine the issue as a whole and ascertain people's views.