MPs will seek to make water company bosses criminally liable for sewage spills under plans to amend legislation making its way through Parliament this week.

An amendment will be tabled to the Criminal Justice Bill, which is due to return to the Commons on Wednesday, to create new criminal offences for failing to meet specified performance measures to crack down on sewage spills.

Crucially, the amendment will also seek to introduce a new law to make senior managers in water firms personally criminally liable for failing to meet performance measures.