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Norman Lamb (Lib Dem) says access to GPs is vital and "GPs are already coming together in federations so the service is shared."

He says it is also important to recognise and fund mental health problems on a par with physical health.

"We need to do far more," he says.

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From immigration the debate moves to the subject of the NHS.

Retired nurse Leila Stubbs asks: "Should GP surgeries be compelled to open for longer, thereby relieving pressure on A and E departments?"

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Rupert Read (UKIP) says: "We believe in border controls."

But he adds the real issue was to address the courses of the problems which he says has "environmental causes".

Mr Read says the Green Party would also address another cause of the problem by providing "more foreign aid".

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Andy Sawford (Labour) says: "Immigration is a really important issue and a big issues on the doorsteps in my constituency.

"It's more about the lower-skilled jobs... and the undercutting of wages."

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An audience member accuses UKIP of "scapegoating" immigrants.

Mr Carswell responds: "Wanting a country to have control of its borders is not scapegoating."

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Norman Lamb (Lib Dem) says: "The issue has been kept under cover for far too long. We have to understand why people are concerned.

"But we need a balanced discussion.

"Something like 20% of those working in the health system are from other countries. The system would collapse without them."

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Douglas Carswell (UKIP) says it's "extraordinary how all three established parties... fail to address" the problem.

"UKIP is promising real change," he says, with an Australian points-based system to allow in people with the skills needed for the economy.

"The established parties sneering and jeering is just not good enough," he adds.

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Immigration is a key issue for many voters in the East region.

Peter Thouless kicks of the questioning in tonight's debate, he asks: "Why is the important question on immigration not being answered by any of the 'deemed to be' major political parties?"

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Key topics for BBC East debate are immigration, the health service and the acute shortage of GPs, housing and transport... but a bustling audience could bring surprises.

On transport, calls are being made to bring down train times from Norwich to London to 90 minutes.

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Secretary of State for the Environment Elizabeth Truss was elected Conservative MP for South West Norfolk in 2010.

The Oxford University graduate had previously served as an education minister.

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Andy Sawford won the Corby seat for Labour from the Conservatives in a 2012 by-election, caused by the resignation of novelist Louise Mensch.

Mr Sawford's father Phil was the Labour MP for the nearby Kettering seat between 1997 and 2005.

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Academic and Green Party politician Rupert Read was a councillor for Norwich between 2004 and 2011.

He lectures on philosophy at the University of East Anglia and is standing for the Cambridge seat.

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Lib Dem health minister Norman Lamb won his North Norfolk seat in 2001 from the Conservatives.

He increased his majority from nearly 500 to more than 10,000 in 2005 despite a big Tory campaign to regain the target seat.

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The first elected UKIP MP Douglas Carswell, who turns 44 on Sunday, became Conservative MP for Harwich in 2005 and then Clacton MP in 2010.

In August 2014 he defected to UKIP and resigned his seat, sparking a by-election.

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Taking part in tonight's BBC Look East Election Special debate which starts at 22:50 on BBC One (East) are:

• Douglas Carswell (UKIP)

• Norman Lamb (Lib Dem)

• Rupert Read (Green Party)

• Andy Sawford (Labour)

• Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)

Visit the BBC election website for a full list of candidates in your constituency.

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Welcome to tonight's East live page special as candidates from across the region discuss how their party would deal with some of the election's key issues.

Add your voice to the debate via Twitter using the hashtag #EastDebate, external or get in touch via Look East's Facebook page, external.