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UK's Johnson eyes new Parliament suspension

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask Queen Elizabeth to suspend the country's parliament from the evening of Oct. 8 to make way for his new legislative agenda.

The planned suspension will only last until Oct. 14, when lawmakers return for the Queen's Speech, where the government will outline its programs.

"These timings would mean Parliament is prorogued for the shortest time possible to enable all the necessary logistical preparations for a State Opening to be undertaken," the prime minister's office said in a statement. The State Opening marks the official beginning of a new session in Parliament.

The new suspension comes weeks after the U.K. Supreme Court declared Johnson's earlier attempt to prorogue Parliament for five weeks as unlawful.

Johnson presented his latest Brexit offer to the European Commission on Oct. 2 in a last-ditch attempt for a withdrawal deal before the U.K.'s scheduled departure Oct. 31. The revised proposal replaces the controversial Irish backstop solution with a new protocol that would keep Northern Ireland in the European single market for goods.

"If a deal can be agreed at [the] European Council, a central feature of the legislative program will be to introduce a Withdrawal Agreement Bill and move at pace to secure its passage before Oct. 31," Johnson's office said. The European Council will hold a two-day summit beginning Oct. 17, three days after British lawmakers return to parliament.

Johnson is required by law to ask the EU to extend Brexit to Jan. 31, 2020, unless Parliament approves a deal or agrees to a no-deal departure.