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Our final viewer question comes from Vicky, from Ridgeway in South Gloucestershire. She asks: "Net zero by 2050 is not possible without nuclear power and no one seems to be talking about it. Why?"

David Swain, Reform UK: "We want to utilise the fossil fuel resources that we have in our availability. We have made it clear that net zero is a complete waste of time."

Samual Williams, Conservative: "We will be bringing together a green economic transformation... We will be investing billions - £1.1bn will go into the green accelerator to ensure we are innovating the green technologies we need."

Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: "We think we can get to net zero without nuclear. Renewables are much cheaper, we should bring in onshore wind again."

Claire Hazelgrove, Labour: "We want to get energy bills down in a sustainable way, so we will do a windfall tax on the oil and gas giants. We will set up a publicly-owned clean power company."

Lorraine Francis, Green Party: "We need to move away from fossil fuels and nuclear power. We need to utilise electric power much more, and not rely on coal and oil."

David Swain, Reform UK: "The simple answer to this is stop and search. Stopping young people on the streets and taking their knives off of them if they possess them is the best way you can help."

Claire Hazelgrove, Labour: "We want to make sure we've got the police numbers we need and work together with the Police and Crime Commissioner. We would bring 13,000 more neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs in."

Samual Williams, Conservative: "Stop and search is part of it, but stop and search within community engagement. We will introduce 18,000 community police officers. There will be new packages of rehabilitation for people exiting prison to ensure they have the security they need so they don't fall back into crime."

Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: "We need trauma informed schools, police services and criminal justice systems to understand why young people fall into knife crime."

Lorraine Francis, Green Party: "We have a situation where we have an increase in the problems... stop and search doesn't solve the issue, if people see a police officer coming they get rid of the knife."

Lastly, Shelim is concerned about a "huge rise in knife crime" in Bristol.

The city has seen a number of fatal stabbings in the past year.

He spoke to us on the BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote portal and said the issue was "a problem across the city, against deprived homes and deprived neighbourhoods".

He asks: "What do you think the solution is and how do you think you will tackle this problem?"

The candidates have been debating housing, immigration and SEND issues.

Samual Williams, Conservative: "We are committed to producing 60,000 new SEND places, as well as 15 new schools dedicated to training and supporting those with SEND."

Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: "We would put in a statutory duty for respite care, improve the carer's allowance and establish a royal college of carers."

Claire Hazelgrove, Labour: "We want to work alongside councils, parents and schools in a community-wide approach to provide training and specialist provision."

Lorraine Francis, Green Party: "We should have enough within our public sector to support these people. Some people need personalised care and support."

David Swain, Reform UK: "It's not just a case of putting money in all of the time. It's about looking deeper into the problems to find the solutions."

Janet, who lives in south Bristol, got in touch with us through BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote.

One of her two children has a disability with complex health and educational needs. Janet is his carer and she works part-time.

She asks: "Why is the government hounding carers for minor infringements for carer's allowance, yet are quite happy to waste billions of taxpayers' money on PPE that was wasted during the pandemic? What is your party going to do to get that money back?"

Janet also wants to know what the parties will do on the "SEND educational crisis?"

John asked the panel if any of their parties would rejoin the EU, prompted by a question from a listener.

Only Lorraine Francis from the Green Party initially put her hand up. Wera Hobhouse also eventually put her hand up saying rejoining would depend on the circumstances and the timing.

Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: "We want to make a fair case for immigration. We will bring in case workers who will speed up the asylum system and make sure that asylum seekers who are waiting for longer than three months can work and be productive to society."

David Swain, Reform UK: "If you have entered a country illegally, it is right you are detained and deported at the earliest opportunity."

Lorraine Francis, Green Party: "We need to move away from persecuting certain people because of how they look or where they're coming from, and provide a system so we have a safe passage."

Claire Hazelgrove, Labour: "We will get rid of the Rwanda plan and put the money into something practical to tackle the root cause of the problem." She said Labour would set up a border security command to tackle the criminal gangs setting up small boats crossings.

Samual Williams, Conservative: "Years ago, we were all rightly horrified when the poor body of Alan Kurdi washed up on the shores of Dover. We must stop this horrific trade of human bodies."

Our next question, which has again come through the BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote, is from Tony.

He lives in Clevedon, in North Somerset, and asks: "Which political party is finally going to curb the illegal immigration and reduce the legal migration in this country?"

Claire Hazelgrove, Labour: "We have committed to building 1.5 million more homes across this next Parliament. We've got to make sure across the country that councils have local plans in place."

Samual Williams, Conservative: "We need more housing."

Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats: "We would build 380,000 per year, and 150,000 of that will be social homes for rent. We would give councils the right to buy land at current value, and we would do that by reforming the land compensation law." She added that second homes would face council tax bills of 5X more than a full-time resident would pay.

David Swain, Reform UK: He said landlords are raising rents and selling up their portfolios because of an increase in regulation.

Lorraine Francis, Green Party: "We want to bring back our underused, boarded up houses and shops. We want to make sure people have a roof over their head."

Many people from Bristol have got in touch through the BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote to send us questions for this debate.

Our first question comes from Peter. He lives in Emersons Green and wants to know why the main parties have not made the housing crisis the "headline issue".

He said there is a "lack of genuinely affordable housing" in Bristol and the surrounding areas, and "rents are raising at a rate that makes accommodation unaffordable for ordinary working families".

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Ahead of the debate, our political reporter Pete Simson takes us through the biggest issues which are likely to be on the mind of voters.

Welcome to our coverage of BBC Radio Bristol's general election debate.

John Darvall will be hosting from 10:00 BST and you will be able to watch live on this page or listen live on BBC Radio Bristol or BBC Sounds.

The candidates taking part are: Lorraine Francis (Green), Claire Hazelgrove (Labour), Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrats), David Swain (Reform UK) and Samual Williams (Conservative).

We'll look at the key issues shortly with Pete Simson.

You can expect housing, knife crime and immigration to be key issues in the debate. And, considering today's news, could trust also be a key point of discussion?

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