Summary

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  • SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson joined Glenn Campbell

  • Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie, Scottish Green Party co-convener Patrick Harvie and UKIP's David Coburn also participated in the debate

  • The debate was recorded in front of an audience of voters at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters on the first official day of campaigning ahead of the election on 5 May

Live Reporting

Craig Hutchison and Colin Bell

  2. Rennie against fracking

    Willie Rennie says no to fracking.

    Glenn Campbell says the Lib Dem conference voted to lift the moratorium on fracking. 

    Mr Rennie says he is the leader in Scotland and the manifesto will not be in favour of fracking.

  3. Debate re-cap - What some of the leaders said about education

    Kezia Dugdale
    Ruth Davidson
    Willie Rennie

  5. Conservatives back fracking

    Scottish Conservativesays Ruth Davidson says: "As long as you have the best safety rules in the world it can help contribute to the energy mix, so yes."

  7. Question Four

    Fracking question

  8. Political consensus? Nearly

    Mr Harvie says: "All political parties, that you should take seriously at least, have recognised there is more that can be done to close the attainment gap."

  9. UKIP MEP calls for grammar schools

    David Coburn says there should be grammar schools again where every child has the chance to get ahead.

  10. Davidson says the money should follow the pupil

    Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says there should be an increase in resources to schools, her party would unfreeze the council tax and attainment money should follow the pupil. 

  12. BACKGROUND: Sir Tom Hunter's education journey

    Philanthropist and businessman Sir Tom Hunter has warned against a "one size fits all" approach to education. 

    Sir Tom said both leadership and open minds were needed to allow Scotland's schools to become the best in the world.

    In a BBC Scotland documentary, Sir Tom visited an academy school in London outside local authority control. 

    The academy model has been resisted by teaching unions in Scotland, where only one state secondary is run independently of a local council. 

  13. SNP want to get money to headteachers directly

    Nicola Sturgeon says her party will continue its expansion of childcare, fund £750m directly in schools to help close the attainment gap with the cash going to head teachers. 

  15. Close the attainment gap

    Kezia Dugdale says her party would close the attainment gap between the richest and poorest kids and give everyone the best education.

  16. Lib Dems target early education

    Willie Rennie says his party's 1p on income tax is to make sure the education system gets right back up there in the charts. 

    He highlights investment in nursery education and the pupil premium.

  20. Question Three

    Education question