Some UK quangos are ‘a law unto themselves’, Commons committee chair warns

Simon Hoare says Britons should be ‘alarmed by the lack of accountability and transparency’ of many quangos

UK arm’s-length bodies lack accountability and some have become a “law unto themselves”, the new chair of parliament’s public administration committee has warned, as he set out plans for an inquiry into scores of quangos.

Conservative MP and former minister Simon Hoare told the Financial Times that the House of Commons public administration and constitutional affairs committee would examine NHS England, Highways England and other bodies that operate outside direct ministerial control.