Non-departmental public bodies, also known as quangos, are independent organisations
that carry out functions on behalf of the public which it would be inappropriate to place
under a political control of a Cabinet minister. There are many hundreds of these bodies,
carrying out a wide variety of public duties. Appointments to these bodies are usually
made by ministers, but they must do so in an open and fair way.

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