Summary

  • Scotland's main political leaders took part in the first of two BBC Scotland debates ahead of the 7 May General Election

  • Scottish Labour's Jim Murphy; Willie Rennie for the Scottish Liberal Democrats; the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon and Ruth Davidson for the Scottish Tories answered questions

  • They were joined by Patrick Harvie, joint leader for the Scottish Green Party, and David Coburn, Scotland's UKIP spokesman

  • The debate took place before an audience gathered at Elphinstone Hall in Aberdeen

Live Reporting

Deirdre Kelly, Andrew Black and Doug Kennedy

  1. Mr Harvie says he would never back a government which supports nuclear weapons.

  2. Third question

    Policy positionBc

  3. Funding

    Ms Davidson says scrapping the Barnett funding formula would cost Scotland billions.

  4. Food vouchers

    Mr Murphy says people who benefit from the Scottish welfare have to hand over vouchers to get food. Ms Sturgeon accuses him of using less well off people to make a political point.

  5. Via Twitter

    Bry tweets: If Nicola Sturgeon was in Star Trek the Next Generation those pips on her dress would make her a Lieutenant. #LeadersDebate

    Angus Forbes tweets: Norway, Norway, Norway, oil, oil, oil #leadersdebate

    Munchkin tweets: I could also vote for the audience. #LeadersDebate

  6. 'More cuts'

    Ms Sturgeon says the alternative to having more powers is to accept you will be at the mercy of more Westminster cuts.

  7. Scotland's economy

    Ms Sturgeon says Scotland's economy is not based on oil. She adds that the other parties wrongly give the impression that Westminster is a guardian of public services.

  8. Via Twitter

    Brianna Bethany tweets: spread the risk that's rich from the party who wants to cut money from Scotland #leadersdebate

  9. Scotland's future

    Mr Coburn says Scotland would be finished if it had listened to "Ms Sturgeon and her crew".

  10. Oil and gas

    Ms Davidson says 140,000 work in oil and gas. Mr Harvie says you need to support those workers to build skills in new energy.

  11. Via Twitter

    Aaron Carr tweets: @patrickharvie: fossil fuels will kill us (I paraphrase) and he's absolutely right #leadersdebate

  12. Reliance on oil

    Mr Rennie says there would be "blind panic" if Scotland had become independent, given what he said was the SNP's reliance on oil prices.

  13. One UK

    Ms Davidson says the UK is one country and Scotland voted to stay in it. She says that means everyone putting money into the same pot.

  14. ANALYSIS

    Douglas Fraser
    Business/economy editor, Scotland

    What would happen if the Scottish Parliament got full fiscal autonomy? Excuse the jargon. What it means is that Holyrood would have control over all of taxation in Scotland......

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  15. Via Twitter

    Sutherland tweets: No to Full Fiscal Autonomy! A really terrible policy idea #leadersdebate

  16. Full fiscal autonomy

    Ms Sturgeon asked about "full fiscal autonomy" (complete of taxation and spending) for Scotland. She says she would vote for it. Mr Murphy says he doesn't support it, because it means being cut off from sources of taxation across the UK.

  17. Renewable energy

    Ms Sturgeon says the country has to work towards boosting renewable energy sources.

  18. Saving money

    Mr Harvie says you can't save money by "cancelling your membership of the civilised world".

  19. Mr Murphy says the Conservatives refuse to tax millionaires more, while Labour wants to end "zero hours" contracts.

  20. Second Question

    oil question