After a verification or an inspection, which is usually conducted into a company's SMS, it is possible that the minister reports on information contained in the company's voluntary reporting process. That information would be protected, as it would be within the company. The protection exists to gain the trust of the employees and to guarantee that they can come forward with information without fear of reprisals, that the issue will remain between them and the company, and so that corrective measures can be taken to improve airline safety.
So these are all the protections which exist. We are acting in good faith. Should a tribunal ever subpoena information, it could do so. If the minister needed information for safety purposes, he could block out the identity of the people involved and use that information. If the minister needed information to shut down a company, he could also do so. It is therefore the best of both worlds. The minister can use the information, as long as it is not used to identify the people involved and to take reprisals against them.