House of Lords Science and Technology Committee

The Chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is Lord Alec Broers, who is also the President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In January 2012, after the Fukushima incident in Japan, the Science and Technology Committee invited Fiona Fox of Science Media Centre and Tracy Brown of Sense About Science to speak at the oral evidence session in its inquiry into ‘Risk perception and energy infrastructure’, exploring risk assessment, communication, perception and tolerability in relation to energy infrastructure, focusing on nuclear power.