Mr Crawford told the committee the bill was a "pale shadow" of what it could have been but the Scottish government was committed to make it work "in the interests of Scotland and will make every effort to get it into shape".

BBC: Scotland Bill Committee 1

The government is trying to fix the economy not just by cutting the deficit, and eventually debt, but also by trying to get the economy into the right shape so it can compete internationally.

BBC: David Cameron reveals his inner Tory

"It took a lot of hard work to get back into shape and I have a few people to thank, including my fitness coach and husband, " Clijsters said on-court after the match.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

It has taken Sangamo more than a decade to get the technology into shape.

FORBES: Revolutionaries

Children of the current generation will be poorer for it if they never get to linger over a vast paper map and then try in vain to fold it back into its original shape.

WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes