Maurice himself had submitted more than fifty-eight but had only been able to secure changing a single word in the bill from ‘may’ to ‘must’. However, Maurice would be making another attempt at Stage 3 to include a purpose clause for the Bill as there is currently no definition of a circular economy in the bill. o Another theme Maurice had focused on was due diligence around public bodies taking cognisance of human rights and environmental rights internationally, which was, unfortunately, defeated at Stage 2.