Minister Rank Portfolio Robert Buckland QC MP Secretary of State Lord Chancellor Overall departmental responsibility; Oversight of all portfolios and Ministry of Justice strategy; Oversight of future relationship with the EU and international business; Resourcing of the department; Functions of the Lord Chancellor; Judicial policy including pay, pensions and diversity; Corporate services.[15] communicating with the Attorney General's Office[16] The Rt Hon. Lord Stewart of Dirleton QC Advocate General for Scotland Spokesperson for the Lords Departmental business in the Lords, Office of the Advocate General for Scotland, and advising the Secretary of State on civil justice (including discount rate and whiplash), legal services, Global Britain, relationship with the legal profession, claims management regulation and the Crown dependencies.[17] Lucy Frazer QC MP Minister of State for Prisons and Probation The Minister of State for Prisons and Probation leads on the following: Prison operations, policy, reform and industrial relations; Probation services, policy, reform and industrial relations; Public protection (including Parole Board, IPPs and Serious Further Offences); Offender health; Female offenders; Transgender offenders; Veteran offenders; Foreign national offenders (joint work with Chris Philp MP); Offender rehabilitation and release; Reducing Reoffending (joint work with Kit Malthouse MP); Extremism; ROTL and HDC; Electronic monitoring (joint work with Kit Malthouse MP); Youth Justice.[18] Kit Malthouse MP Minister of State for Crime and Policing (jointly with Home Office) cross-cutting criminal justice system issues.