Talk:Strangers Gallery
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'Strangers' is the parliamentary term for people who aren't members of Parliament (MPs or Peers) and who aren't Officers of Parliament (staff) - in other words members of the public.
The Strangers gallery is therefore both for invited and uninvited members of the public to watch the proceedings - on popular occasions those without invitations can't gain entry.
Peers, Civil Servants, and the press all have other places where they can watch proceedings.
[edit] Possible inacuracy
The article suggests that the glass screen was erected after the Fathers 4 Justice protest. In fact, a screen was already in place but did not cover the entire gallery.... there was a 'ticketed' area in front of the screen in which "members of the House of Lords, their guests and MPs' guests" could sit.
