 Lord served on many MLA committees, including Chair of the School Construction and Operating Costs, which identified potential saving of 25% in new school building costs, Chair of the Secondary Suites Review Committee which established building codes for secondary suites under the Alberta Building Codes for the first time, Chair of Special Places 2000 which finalized the designation as environmentally protected of nearly 7000 km2 of provincial land and created over 60 new provincial parks.He also served on the Alberta's Place within Confederation Committee.Lord was one of three MLAs who requested and formed the so-called Dumb Rules committee, aimed at reducing red tape and government inefficiencies.