The Treasury spokesman said fuel duty cuts had been set to reflect their green benefits.
Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Stephen Williams predicted the plans would be "firmly spiked" by the conference.
Former Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott said Mr Hester's decision was "better late than never".
Earlier, a Treasury spokesman said Mr Adams had said "publicly that he is resigning from Parliament".
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable claimed the Conservatives' figures did not add up.
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Plaid Cymru's Treasury spokesman, Jonathan Edwards, said Mr Duncan Smith's proposal had not been well thought out.
Key figures such as Treasury spokesman Vince Cable and home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne remain in place.
"The government is committed to getting the public finances back onto a sustainable footing, " said a Treasury spokesman.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable called on lenders to examine "all possible alternatives" before seeking a repossession order.
They planned to discuss getting banks to lend again, what to do with toxic assets and regulatory reform, a Treasury spokesman said.
"The optimum timing has to be governed by the state of the economy, which is currently very fragile, " Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said.
He notes, optimistically, that the carriers were not on the list of possible cuts offered by Vince Cable, the Lib Dems' Treasury spokesman.
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The Lib Dems Treasury spokesman Vince Cable welcomed more competition in the banking sector but said there should be no urgency to the sales.
The Liberal Democrat's Treasury spokesman Lord Newby spoke to Radio 4's Money Box on 13 April, after meeting the FSA to discuss the problem.
Vince Cable, the Lib Dems' Treasury spokesman, becomes business secretary, in which role his anti-bank and anti-business rhetoric may give rise to some unhappiness.
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That includes Hafer, who has opposed investment in domestic corporations that produce tobacco products, liquor and some rap music, said state Treasury spokesman Steve Schell.
The Liberal Democrat's treasury spokesman Vincent Cable said Mr Brown's proposals were similar to their own but he was not convinced they would be implemented properly.
You might call him absent-minded if you did not know that he has also been a sharp-eyed investment banker and an egregiously numerate shadow Treasury spokesman.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor has asked Chancellor Gordon Brown to release the Treasury's prediction of how an Iraq war could affect the UK economy.
Summing up the debate for Labour, opposition Treasury spokesman Lord Davies of Oldham said "austerity is proving to be unacceptable in a whole range of countries".
The Liberal Democrats' treasury spokesman Matthew Taylor is interviewed in the first of The Westminster Hour's set piece interviews with leading figures from the big parties.
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable said an "absolute across-the-board freeze" in public sector pay did not make a "great deal of sense" because of different contractual obligations.
With his Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, Mr Clegg nudged Lib Dem economic policy away from social democracy (one half of the party's family tree) and towards liberalism (the other).
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George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, briefly returned to London during the conference for a summit with Alistair Darling, his opposite number, and Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrats' Treasury spokesman.
Dr Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman said using PFI to fund hospitals was to be welcomed - but only if the building is completed on time and in budget.
Treasury spokesman Malcolm Bruce has the backing of three, while Simon Hughes, Don Foster, David Rendel and Jackie Ballard have just two MPs each to act as proposer and seconder.
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Yet there are signs of recovery in the polls, for which Mr Clegg can thank not only the government's woes but also Vince Cable, the treasury spokesman who served as an interim leader.
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The party's treasury spokesman, Matthew Taylor, is confident that voters can be convinced of the need for high fuel taxes but he acknowledges that they must not be seen simply as a means of raising revenue.
In a conference week peppered with dire warnings, the party's former Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott suggested that if the economy does not improve by the time of the next election, the government and the Lib Dems could be "slaughtered".
Although there has been little dissent among Lib Dem MPs, several peers - including former Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott - have urged Mr Clegg to stand down before the next election in 2015 to help the party regain support.
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