Shadow Finance Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin was ordered out of the House of Assembly by Speaker Stanley Lowe in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin marched out after an angry exchange of words across the floor with Government backbencher Glenn Blakeney.

When Mr. Lowe told her to come and see him before she came back in, she told him: “Mr. Speaker, you need to grow up.”

Yesterday, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin said she felt Mr. Lowe — the PLP member for Southampton East — was biased against the United Bermuda Party for giving her a ticking off, but not reprimanding Government backbencher Mr. Blakeney.

Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin and Mr. Blakeney had heated exchanges during the latter part of the marathon session of Parliament — which ended at 5 a.m — over allegations Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin leaked details of the Public Accounts Committee’s report on Bermuda College’s finances to the Press.

Despite her having been previously exonerated by the Speaker on this topic, Mr. Blakeney and other members of Government heckled her throughout her presentation of the report, accusing her of being the source of media coverage. In response to Mr. Blakeney’s repeated interjections, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin told him: “You can stand up as much as you like. I’m like Dracula. I come alive at night!”

She accused the backbencher of goading her, and suggested that he should “just chill”.

At this point, Mr. Blakeney could be heard remarking from his seat: “You are Dracula.”

Later in the debate on the document, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin stood on a point of order because — she told this newspaper yesterday — she felt Finance Minister Paula Cox was misleading the House on the topic of Ministerial interference with the committee.

The Speaker would not let Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin proceed with her point of order, and at this point she exchanged words from her seat with Mr. Blakeney, who was sitting out of his usual position behind her and across the floor with his Government colleagues.

Speaking yesterday, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin claimed she became annoyed with his criticism of the wording of the report, which as a member of the PAC he had signed off on.

Comments she made from her seat as Ms Cox continued to address the House — including calling Mr. Blakeney “wishy washy” — led the Speaker to reprimand her over her language. He then repeatedly ordered her to leave the chamber and inquired if she needed escorting out by the Sergeant-at-Arms.

By this point, debate in the House had ground to a halt as Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin left, telling the House: “Have a nice Easter, everybody.”

As Government members heckled her “take your report with you”, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin was told by the Speaker that she had to see him before Parliament resumes in May.

Speaking about the incident yesterday, Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin said she felt unfairly singled out by Mr. Lowe, when both she and Mr. Blakeney had been involved in the exchange.

“Why didn’t he admonish us both? Why did he pick on me?” she said.

“He’s being very biased in my opinion. Since I have been in the House, there have been five or six people ejected and they have all been from the UBP as a result of exchanges with Government members.”

Asked about the incident, Mr. Blakeney said it had nothing to do with him.

“I don’t know what she’s talking about,” he told The Royal Gazette, accusing Mrs. Gordon-Pamplin of being the most vociferous member of Parliament when it comes to interpolations during debates.

Mr. Lowe could not be reached for comment yesterday.