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The committee had some concerns about the alteration of the date of dissolution to just one day before the election, because it will mean that MSPs who are running for re-election will have a dual role of candidate and MSP during the campaign.
I will make a slightly tangential point, but I will bring it back to the deprivation factor. MSPs can get employees who have worked for other MSPs in different parts of the country.