Science and Technology Committee (Commons) This index term is related to the following paragraphs within Erskine May: Select committees related to government departments Select committees regularly appointed Scrutiny of government policy, administration and expenditure "First established in the 1979–83 Parliament, the departmental committees have been reappointed in each successive Parliament. They represent the largest part of the select committee structure." Paragraph 38.63, in Part 6, Chapter 38 * denotes reference is in the footnotes for the paragraph.