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. Who is on the panel?

    The debate line-up includes....

    • Jim Murphy - Scottish Labour leader

    • Willie Rennie - Scottish Liberal Democrat leader

    • Nicola Sturgeon - Scottish National Party leader

    • Ruth Davidson - Scottish Conservative leader

    • Patrick Harvie - Scottish Green Party co-leader

    • David Coburn - UKIP Scotland

  2. Coming up

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of BBC Scotland's first Scottish leaders' debate.