Science and Technology Committee (Lords) This index term is related to the following paragraphs within Erskine May: Science and Technology Committee Particular functions of select committees Investigative select committees "The committee was first appointed in 1979. Its orders of reference are ‘to consider science and technology’. The committee has power to appoint sub-committees to conduct inquiries, and to co-opt Lords Members either to itself or to its sub-committees." Paragraph 40.52, in Part 6, Chapter 40 * denotes reference is in the footnotes for the paragraph.