A House of Assembly report in Saturday's newspaper incorrectly named Stonington Hotel as a business in which a Bermudian was allegedly discriminated against for her political beliefs. It was not Stonington Hotel.

A white Bermudian was dismissed from her job at Stonington Hotel because of her political beliefs, Shadow Labour and Immigration Minister Mr. Alex Scott told the House of Assembly last night.

In his maiden speech in the Lower House, Mr. Scott said out of all the complaints he had received from Bermudians none was as serious as this one.

The incident is alleged to have taken place shortly after the election.

Mr. Scott said the woman was approached by a supervisor who is a contract worker. The supervisor asked the woman how she had voted and what she thought about the outcome of the election.

Mr. Scott said when the employee expressed some dismay with the outcome of the election, the supervisor pressed her to find out how she voted.

"She (the employee) stressed that she thought that that was something she should not share,'' he said. "She reported that the working relationship between the two of them deteriorated shortly after this and 10 days later she was dismissed.'' Mr. Scott said the employer suggested that this was due to a downturn in business. But, he quickly added, her position was filled on the Monday after the Friday she was dismissed.

And, Mr. Scott said, the person who filled the position had been asked earlier by Immigration to leave the Island.

"We are inclined to believe that this matter is being pursued by the Ministry (of Immigration),'' he said. "We are to meet with them on the 30th of this month to see if progress has been made.

"I hope that we will have more progress reported on this.'' House rules did not permit him to disclose confidential details about the matter.

But he said correspondence about the alleged incident had been copied to the Labour Ministry.

Clearly shocked by the allegation, Labour and Immigration Minister the Hon. J.

Irving Pearman said he intended to look into the matter right away.

Responding to heckling about his disposition from the Opposition bench, Mr.

Pearman said: "You're damn right I'm upset because that's a nasty allegation.'' He then left to use the telephone, saying he knew Mr. Scott's source and would be calling to confirm the story.

Mr. Scott, who read excerpts of a letter from the dismissed worker, said he was happy to see the attention the Minister was giving to the matter.

He said he had not brought up the matter with Mr. Pearman earlier because in the past the Opposition have had more luck with his staff.

"So having learnt the hard way we thought it would be better to work with the professionals in his Ministry,'' he said.

The Throne Speech debate is to continue for a fourth day next Friday. In a 21-to-16 vote, Government forced an adjournment of the lengthy debate shortly before 9.30 p.m. last night, with about 10 MPs still to be heard. Full report, pages 4 and 5.