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JUSTICE, Working Party Report: Prosecuting Sexual Offenses (10 June 2019), https://justice.org.uk/ new-justice-working-party-report-prosecuting-sexual-offences/ This Report makes several recommendations concerning, among other things, ways of improving witness evidence in trials of sexual offences. In particular, it recommends that video recorded interviews “should be carried out by properly skilled forensic interviewers”; and that, in some cases, video recorded interviews should be conducted in two stages (an initial exploratory interview, followed by a more focused interview designed to elicit information that will stand as evidence-in-chief). Furthermore, a range of recommendations are made for the improvement of forensic services.