Nicola Sturgeon questioned by young voters

Nicola Sturgeon has been questioned by 10 young voters at the BBC's Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

The leader of the Scottish National Party was asked about policies on mental health and the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system.

Scotland's First Minister also discussed who the SNP would consider working with in the event of a hung parliament.

The interview was hosted by Newsbeat's Chris Smith.

Ten Newsbeat listeners were in the audience in Glasgow

Scottish Independence

The first question was asked by Tom, who is a student at the University of Edinburgh.

He asked why the SNP are refusing to rule out having another independence referendum.

Ms Sturgeon said: "I'm not refusing to rule it out. Ultimately whether there's another referendum is not my decision. It's a decision for the majority of the people in Scotland.

"This general election is not about another referendum. Even if the SNP did win all the seats in Scotland on 7 May, I would not take that as the green light for another referendum. This election is about giving Scotland a stronger voice in the House of Commons."

Tom asked if those who voted no to Scottish independence last year should be worried that voting SNP would lead them to another referendum.

"There isn't another referendum on the table right now. Something would have to change for that question to be asked again."

"There's a democratic lock on this. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I don't want Scotland to be independent.

"But it's ultimately not my decision."

Coalition

In the lead up to the election Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly said she would work with Labour to "get rid of the Tories", if the SNP had enough MPs to form a coalition.

Newsbeat listener Zeyn asked if the SNP thought it was more important to keep the Conservatives out by supporting Labour or delivering on its promises to the Scottish people.

Ms Sturgeon said: "I don't see it as an either or. Before I can achieve any of it, I've got to persuade enough people people in Scotland to vote SNP to send a big number of SNP MPs to Westminster.

"The first thing I want to achieve is to get rid of Tory governments. I don't think Tory governments are a good thing for Scotland.

"But then I want to see the Tories replaced by something better. We will then use our influence to get the Labour government, if there is a minority Labour government, to be better and to be bolder and be more progressive.

"Of course there will be challenges. We won't prevail on everything but in a minority parliament, that block of SNP representatives can force some really good changes.

"I would also like to see the SNP building alliances with other people so that we can get better politics from Westminster for everybody in the UK, not just people in Scotland."

Chris Smith asked if some potential SNP voters might see her plan to keep a party out of government as a negative approach.

She replied: "I think it's right to try to get the Tories out of government."

Trident

Trident, which other parties have said they would keep if they got in power, was another talking point

Struan bought up the SNP's plans to scrap the UK's nuclear weapons system Trident, which he pointed out creates a lot of jobs in Scotland.

He asked if it's foolish to think about getting rid it.

The SNP leader replied: "If we've got £100bn to spend let's build a better future for our kids not invest it in new nuclear weapons."

"I suspect there's a lot of Labour MPs who would also like to see Trident not renewed… I know one or two of them."

Mental health support

The final question was asked by 19-year-old Catlin.

She has friends and family who rely on mental health services and doesn't think the SNP is doing enough to meet demand for these services and asked what the party will do to make sure people with mental health issues get the help they need.

Ms Sturgeon, who used to be the health secretary, said: "There's a big debate in England about giving mental health the same legal status as physical health. In Scotland that's not an issue because it has already got the same legal status.

"I would argue that we have made a big commitment. You're never going to find me saying there's not more work to be done because it's the most precious public service we've got."

Listen to the full interview with Nicola Sturgeon.

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