His words came after UUP leader Mike Nesbitt called for Mr Poots to resign.
The UUP's Danny Kinahan was critical of Mr Bell's speech, describing it as "waffle".
Stephen Farry of the Alliance party described the UUP and SDLP's positions and "utterly unsustainable".
Mr McCrea said he had "no confidence" in Mike Nesbitt as leader of the UUP.
The UUP leader told reporters that she was as surprised by the speculation as he was.
The commitments made by the two governments and the UUP are a necessary part of this.
The UUP's Fred Cobain said the level of under-funding of regional development "simply cannot continue".
Michael Copeland of the UUP referred to Mr Lavery's several mentions of "hope valuations".
The UUP's Roy Beggs said action should be taken to minimise the impact on future generations.
Mike Nesbitt of the UUP asked a question about the horse mussel reefs in Strangford Lough.
The weekly chart of UUP shows a short-term flag formation, lines d and e.
The UUP's Basil McCrea and Sir Reg Empey both agreed that informed parental choice was important.
The leaders of the DUP and UUP suggested creating the unionist forum last month.
Mr O'Dowd was responding to an assembly question from the UUP MLA, Michael McGimpsey.
On Thursday evening, the former UUP deputy leader John McCallister said he was quitting the party.
In May, Strangford assembly member David McNarry was expelled by a UUP disciplinary committee.
Mr Nesbitt is former UTV news television presenter who joined the UUP in 2010.
Mr Cobain said the UUP was "riven with personal and policy difficulties" and was "politically exhausted".
In May 2012, the UUP expelled David McNarry, its assembly member for Strangford.
Ken Robinson of the UUP was opposed to both the motion and the amendment.
Danny Kinahan of the UUP warned of the dangers of a major European Commission infraction.
Those identifying themselves as DUP supporters are 97% Protestant, while UUP supporters are 99% Protestant.
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The demonstration was supported by politicians including the UUP's Mike Nesbitt and the DUP's Gregory Campbell.
Sandra Overend of the UUP said the problem was more complicated than the motion suggested.
The UDG was planning an early approach to the UUP president, Sir George Clark.
Five voted against (one DUP, three UUP and 1 UKIP), SDLP councillor Frank Feely abstained.
The UUP's Mike Nesbitt proposed an economic corridor between Belfast and the Ards Peninsula.
It added that a number of these votes were subject to the UUP three-line whip.
The UUP's Roy Beggs asked members to temper their comments in order to avoid heightening sectarianism.
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