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As part of the 2015 Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh Skeptics and the University of Edinburgh Humanist Society held a General Election Hustings on Tuesday the 14th of April. 

The panel consisted of the following candidates and representatives:

Left Unity - Bruce Whitehead (Edinburgh North & Leith) 
Scottish Conservative Party - Mark Brown (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) 
Scottish Green Party - Peter McColl (Edinburgh East) 
Scottish Labour Party - Cllr. Gordon Munro 
Scottish Liberal Democrats - Gary McLelland (Glasgow East) 
Scottish National Party - Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West) 
UKIP Scotland - Alan Melville (Edinburgh North & Leith)

This is part 1, with 6 pre-published questions known to both the audience and the speakers. Part 2, with general questions from the floor, is in the episode after this.