London (CNN) Over a week after its last attempt to suspend Parliament was ruled unlawful, the UK government says it will request that parliament be suspended again.

A statement from Downing Street said the government intends to end the current parliamentary session on October 8. A new session would start six days later on October 14 with a Queen's Speech, which sets out the government's legislative agenda.

The planned suspension, which must be approved by the Queen, would be for "the shortest time possible," the government said.

Last month, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Johnson's controversial five-week suspension -- or prorogation -- of Parliament had been "unlawful, void and of no effect," meaning the session had technically not ended, prompting lawmakers to return to both chambers.

Johnson's initial decision to suspend parliament from September 10 until mid-October -- just two weeks before the UK is due to leave the European Union -- was hugely contentious and would have been the longest prorogation since the Second World War.

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