Asked about whether the Liberal Democrats would sign up to a second spending review, Mr Hughes said: “Nick [Clegg] will be specifically addressing that question at conference … He feels, and we feel, that we need to clear up the question of what does it mean for us as a party. Clearly, we are in Coalition for five years with the Tories, the deal has to run for the first four years, the current CSR, and then it has to run for the beginning of the next period.”