First Party Leaders' TV debate: Domestic Affairs

12.01.00am BST (GMT +0100) Thu 15th Apr 2010

Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th.

These are the first of this kind of televised Party Leader debates in the UK. The first debate comes from Manchester, will chaired by Alistair Stewart and the first speaker will be Nick Clegg. Each leader gets a one-minute opening statement and a 90-second closing one.

The first half of the 90 minute Election Debate will be devoted to domestic affairs, with the rest on any topic. ITV are inviting questions before the debate, with more information on their special debate website at http://www.itv.com/electiondebate/

If you have a question for the first half of the debate on issues such as the NHS, Education, Immigration, Law and Order, the Family, the Constitution, Trust in Politics or Political Reform you can email them to debate@itv.com. You can also send a question for the second half of the debate on other election issues.

The second debate will take place on Sky on 22nd April at 8pm focusing on Foreign Affairs, and the third on the BBC on 29th April at 8.30pm on the Economy.